The LORD Convinces Job of Ignorance |
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Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
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Who is this that darkeneth counsel
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by words without knowledge? |
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Gird up now thy loins like a man;
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for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. |
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Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?
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Declare, if thou hast understanding. |
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Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest?
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Or who hath stretched the line upon it? |
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Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened?
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Or who laid the corner stone thereof; |
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when the morning stars sang together,
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and all the sons of God shouted for joy? |
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Or who shut up the sea with doors,
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when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? |
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When I made the cloud the garment thereof,
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and thick darkness a swaddling band for it, |
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and brake up for it my decreed place,
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and said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further:
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and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? Jer. 5.22 |
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Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days;
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and caused the dayspring to know his place; |
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that it might take hold of the ends of the earth,
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that the wicked might be shaken out of it? |
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It is turned as clay to the seal;
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and they stand as a garment. |
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And from the wicked their light is withholden,
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and the high arm shall be broken. |
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Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea?
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Or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? |
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Have the gates of death been opened unto thee?
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Or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? |
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Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth?
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Declare if thou knowest it all. |
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Where is the way where light dwelleth?
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And as for darkness, where is the place thereof, |
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that thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof,
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and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? |
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Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born?
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or because the number of thy days is great? |
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Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow?
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Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, |
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which I have reserved against the time of trouble,
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against the day of battle and war? |
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By what way is the light parted,
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which scattereth the east wind upon the earth? |
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Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters,
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or a way for the lightning of thunder; |
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to cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is;
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on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; |
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to satisfy the desolate and waste ground;
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and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? |
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Hath the rain a father?
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Or who hath begotten the drops of dew? |
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Out of whose womb came the ice?
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And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? |
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The waters are hid as with a stone,
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and the face of the deep is frozen. |
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Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Plei'ades,
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Canst thou bring forth Maz'zaroth in his season?
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Or canst thou guide Arctu'rus with his sons? |
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Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven?
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Canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? |
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Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds,
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that abundance of waters may cover thee? |
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Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go,
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and say unto thee, Here we are? |
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Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts?
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Or who hath given understanding to the heart? |
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Who can number the clouds in wisdom?
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Or who can stay the bottles of heaven, |
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when the dust groweth into hardness,
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and the clods cleave fast together? |
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Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion?
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or fill the appetite of the young lions, |
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when they couch in their dens,
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and abide in the covert to lie in wait? |
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Who provideth for the raven his food?
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When his young ones cry unto God, |
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they wander for lack of meat. |
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