1<\/sup>But the Lord, responding to Job from a whirlwind, said:<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>Who is this that wraps sentences in unskilled words?<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>Where were you, when I set the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>Who set its measurements, if you know, or who stretched a line over it?<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>Upon what have its bases been grounded, and who set forth its cornerstone,<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>when the morning stars praised me together, and all the sons of God made a joyful noise?<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>Who enclosed the sea with doors, when it broke forth as if issuing from the womb,<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>when I stationed a cloud as its garment and wrapped it in a mist as if swaddling an infant?<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>I encircled it with my limits, and I positioned its bars and doors.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>And I said: “This far you will approach, and you will proceeded no further, and here you will break your swelling waves.”<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>Did you, after your birth, command the birth of the sun and show the sunrise its place?<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>And did you hold the extremities of the earth, shaking them, and have you shaken the impious out of it?<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>The seal will be restored like clay, and it will remain in place like a garment.<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>From the impious, the light will be taken away, and the exalted arm will be broken.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>Have you entered the depths of the sea, and have you taken a walk in the uttermost parts of the abyss?<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>Have the gates of death been opened to you, and have you seen the doors of darkness?<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>Have you considered the breadth of the earth? If you know all things, reveal them to me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 19<\/sup>Which is the way that holds the light, and which is the place of darkness?<\/span> <\/p>\n 20<\/sup>In this way, you might lead each thing to its final place, and understand the paths of its house.<\/span> <\/p>\n 21<\/sup>So then, did you know when you were to be born? And did you know the number of your days?<\/span> <\/p>\n 22<\/sup>Have you been admitted into the storehouses of the snows, and have you gazed upon the stockpile of the brimstone,<\/span> <\/p>\n 23<\/sup>which I have prepared for the time of the enemy, for the day of the battle and the war?<\/span> <\/p>\n 24<\/sup>In what way is the light scattered, and the heat distributed, over the earth?<\/span> <\/p>\n 25<\/sup>Who gave a course to the rainstorms, and a path to the resounding thunder,<\/span> <\/p>\n 26<\/sup>so that it would rain on the earth far from man, in the wilderness where no mortal lingers,<\/span> <\/p>\n 27<\/sup>so that it would fill impassable and desolate places, and would bring forth green plants?<\/span> <\/p>\n 28<\/sup>Who is the father of rain, or who conceived the drops of dew?<\/span> <\/p>\n 29<\/sup>From whose womb did the ice proceed, and who created the frost from the air?<\/span> <\/p>\n 30<\/sup>The waters are hardened to become like stone, and the surface of the abyss freezes over.<\/span> <\/p>\n 31<\/sup>Will you have the strength to join together the sparkling stars of the Pleiades, or are you able to disperse the circling of Arcturus?<\/span> <\/p>\n 32<\/sup>Can you bring forth the morning star, in its time, and make the evening star rise over the sons of the earth?<\/span> <\/p>\n 33<\/sup>Do you know the order of heaven, and can you explain its rules here on the earth?<\/span> <\/p>\n 34<\/sup>Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, so that an onslaught of waters will cover you?<\/span> <\/p>\n 35<\/sup>Can you send forth lightning bolts, and will they go, and on returning, say to you: “Here we are?”<\/span> <\/p>\n 36<\/sup>Who placed discernment in the guts of man, or who gave the rooster intelligence?<\/span> <\/p>\n 37<\/sup>Who can describe the rules of the heavens, or who can put to rest the harmony of heaven?<\/span> <\/p>\n 38<\/sup>When was the dust cast to become the earth, and when were its clods fastened together?<\/span> <\/p>\n 39<\/sup>Will you seize prey for the lioness, and will you sustain the lives of her young,<\/span> <\/p>\n 40<\/sup>as they rest in their dens or lie in wait in pits?<\/span> <\/p>\n 41<\/sup>Who provides the raven with its meal, when her chicks cry out to God, as they wander around because they have no food?<\/span> <\/p>\n