Job 38:1-41 MEV

[1] Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: [2] "Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge? [3] Prepare yourself like a man; for I will question you, and you shall answer Me. [4] "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding. [5] Who has determined its measurements, if you know? Or who has stretched the line upon it? [6] To what are its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone [7] when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? [8] "Or who shut up the sea with doors when it broke forth and went out of the womb? [9] When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band, [10] and broke up for it My decreed place, and set bars and doors, [11] and said, 'This far you will come but no farther, and here your proud waves will be stopped'? [12] "Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place, [13] that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? [14] It is turned like clay by the seal, and it stands out as a garment. [15] From the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm will be broken. [16] "Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in search of the depths? [17] Have the gates of death been opened to you? Or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death? [18] Have you perceived the breadth of the earth? Declare, if you know it all. [19] "Where is the path where light dwells? And as for darkness, where is its place, [20] that you should take it to its boundary, and that you should know the paths to its house? [21] Do you know it because you were born then, or because the number of your days is many? [22] "Have you entered the treasuries of the snow? Or have you seen the treasuries of the hail, [23] which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? [24] By what way is the light diffused, or the east wind scattered upon the earth? [25] Who has divided a channel for the overflowing waters, or a path for the thunderbolt, [26] to cause it to rain on the earth where no man is, on the wilderness in which there are no people, [27] to satisfy the desolate waste, and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? [28] Does the rain have a father? Or who has produced the drops of dew? [29] From whose womb came the ice? And the frost of heaven, who gives it birth? [30] The waters harden like stone, and the surface of the deep is frozen. [31] "Can you tie the cords to the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion? [32] Can you bring out the constellation in its season? Or can you guide the Bear with its cubs? [33] Do you know the ordinances of heaven? Can you set their dominion over the earth? [34] "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you? [35] Can you send lightning that they may go forth and say to you, 'Here we are'? [36] Who has put wisdom in the inward parts, or who has given understanding to the heart? [37] Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can empty out the bottles of heaven, [38] when the dust turns into hard clumps and the clods stick together? [39] "Will you hunt the prey for the lion? Or fill the appetite of the young lions, [40] when they crouch in their dens and lie in the thicket to wait in ambush? [41] Who provides for the raven his food when his young ones cry unto God, and they wander about for lack of food?