translation_id: asv-eng-asv

book_id: JOB

book: Job

text: Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,


text: Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?


text: Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.


text: Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.


text: Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?


text: Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,


text: When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?


text: Or who shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb;


text: When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,


text: And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,


text: And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?


text: Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, And caused the dayspring to know its place;


text: That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?


text: It is changed as clay under the seal; And all things stand forth as a garment:


text: And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.


text: Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?


text: Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?


text: Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.


text: Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,


text: That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?


text: Doubtless, thou knowest, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great!


text: Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,


text: Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?


text: By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?


text: Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder;


text: To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;


text: To satisfy the waste and desolate ground, And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?


text: Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?


text: Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?


text: The waters hide themselves and become like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.


text: Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion?


text: Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her train?


text: Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?


text: Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?


text: Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?


text: Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?


text: Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,


text: When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?


text: Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,


text: When they couch in their dens, And abide in the covert to lie in wait?


text: Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, And wander for lack of food?