Job 38:1-11

1 Then the Lord ^aanswered Job out of the whirlwind and said, 2 “Who is this that ^bdarkens counsel
By words without knowledge?
3 “Now ^cgird up your loins like a man,
And ^dI will ask you, and you instruct Me!
4 “Where were you ^ewhen I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell Me, if you ^{▼▼ Lit know understanding}have understanding,
5 Who set its ^gmeasurements? Since you know.
Or who stretched the line on it?
6 “On what ^hwere its bases sunk?
Or who laid its cornerstone,
7 When the morning stars sang together
And all the ⁱsons of God shouted for joy?

8 “Or who ^jenclosed the sea with doors
When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;
9 When I made a cloud its garment
And thick darkness its swaddling band,
10 And I ^{▼▼ Lit broke My decree on it
,} ^lplaced boundaries on it
And set a bolt and doors,
11 And I said, ‘Thus far you shall come, but no farther;
And here shall your proud waves stop’?