Job 38:1-10 | HCSB | STEP | Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind . He said :

‏ Job 38:1-10

1 Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind. ^a He said:

2 Who is this who obscures My counsel
with ignorant words? ^b
3 Get ready to answer Me like a man;
when I question ^c you, you will inform Me.
4 Where were you when I established ^d the earth?
Tell Me, if you have ^{▼▼Lit know} understanding.
5 Who fixed its dimensions? Certainly you know!
Who stretched a measuring line across it?
6 What supports its foundations?
Or who laid its cornerstone
7 while the morning stars sang together
and all the sons of God ^f shouted for joy?

8 Who enclosed the sea behind doors
when it burst from the womb,
9 when I made the clouds its garment
and thick darkness its blanket, ^{▼▼Lit swaddling clothes
,} ^h
10 when I determined its boundaries ^{▼▼Lit I broke My statute on it}
and put its bars and doors in place,