Job 38:1-11

The Lord Answers Job

1 Then the Lord ^aanswered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

2 “Who is this that ^bdarkens counsel by words ^cwithout knowledge?
3 ^dDress for action ^{▼▼Hebrew Gird up your loins} like a man;
I will question you, and you make it known to me.
4 “Where were you when I ^flaid the foundation of the earth?
Tell me, if you have understanding.
5 Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it?
6 On what were its bases sunk,
or who laid its cornerstone,
7 when the morning stars ^gsang together
and all ^hthe sons of God ⁱshouted for joy?
8 “Or who ^jshut in the sea with doors
when it burst out from the womb,
9 when I made clouds its garment
and ^kthick darkness its swaddling band,
10 and prescribed ^llimits for it
and set bars and doors,
11 and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther,
and here shall your ^mproud waves be stayed’?