| Chapter 38 |
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And Yehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: -- |
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Who is this -- darkening counsel, By words without knowledge? |
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Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know. |
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Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding. |
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Who placed its measures -- if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line? |
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On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone? |
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In the singing together of stars of morning, And all sons of God shout for joy, |
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And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out. |
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In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band, |
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And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors, |
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And say, `Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.` |
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Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place? |
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To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it, |
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It turneth itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed. |
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And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken. |
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Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down? |
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Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see? |
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Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare -- if thou hast known it all. |
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Where is this -- the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where is this -- its place? |
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That thou dost take it unto its boundary, And that thou dost understand The paths of its house. |
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Thou hast known -- for then thou art born And the number of thy days are many! |
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Hast thou come in unto the treasure of snow? Yea, the treasures of hail dost thou see? |
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That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle. |
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Where is this, the way light is apportioned? It scattereth an east wind over the earth. |
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Who hath divided for the flood a conduit? And a way for the lightning of the voices? |
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To cause it to rain on a land -- no man, A wilderness -- no man in it. |
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To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass? |
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Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew? |
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From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it? |
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As a stone waters are hidden, And the face of the deep is captured. |
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Dost thou bind sweet influences of Kimah? Or the attractions of Kesil dost thou open? |
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Dost thou bring out Mazzaroth in its season? And Aysh for her sons dost thou comfort? |
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Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth? |
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Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee? |
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Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, `Behold us?` |
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Who hath put in the inward parts wisdom? Or who hath given To the covered part understanding? |
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Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down, |
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In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together? |
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Dost thou hunt for a lion prey? And the desire of young lions fulfil? |
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When they bow down in dens -- Abide in a thicket for a covert? |
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Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food. |