1 A nd Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --

2 W ho this -- darkening counsel, By words without knowledge?

3 G ird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

4 W here wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.

5 W ho placed its measures -- if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line?

6 O n what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone?

7 I n the singing together of stars of morning, And all sons of God shout for joy,

8 A nd He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.

9 I n My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,

10 A nd I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors,

11 A nd say, `Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'

12 H ast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?

13 T o take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,

14 I t turneth itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed.

15 A nd withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken.

16 H ast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?

17 R evealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?

18 T hou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare -- if thou hast known it all.

19 W here this -- the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where this -- its place?

20 T hat thou dost take it unto its boundary, And that thou dost understand The paths of its house.

21 T hou hast known -- for then thou art born And the number of thy days many!

22 H ast thou come in unto the treasure of snow? Yea, the treasures of hail dost thou see?

23 T hat I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle.

24 W here this, the way light is apportioned? It scattereth an east wind over the earth.

25 W ho hath divided for the flood a conduit? And a way for the lightning of the voices?

26 T o cause to rain on a land -- no man, A wilderness -- no man in it.

27 T o satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?

28 H ath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

29 F rom whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it?

30 A s a stone waters are hidden, And the face of the deep is captured.

31 D ost thou bind sweet influences of Kimah? Or the attractions of Kesil dost thou open?

32 D ost thou bring out Mazzaroth in its season? And Aysh for her sons dost thou comfort?

33 H ast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?

34 D ost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?

35 D ost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, `Behold us?'

36 W ho hath put in the inward parts wisdom? Or who hath given To the covered part understanding?

37 W ho doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,

38 I n the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?

39 D ost thou hunt for a lion prey? And the desire of young lions fulfil?

40 W hen they bow down in dens -- Abide in a thicket for a covert?

41 W ho doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.