1 And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: 2 Who [is] this darkening counsel, By words without knowledge 3 Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know. 4 Where wast thou when I founded earth Declare, if thou hast known understanding. 5 Who placed its measures if thou knowest Or who hath stretched out upon it a line 6 On what have its sockets been sunk Or who hath cast its corner-stone 7 In the singing together of stars of morning, And all sons of God shout for joy, 8 And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out. 9 In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band, 10 And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors, 11 And say, 'Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.' 12 Hast thou commanded morning since thy days Causest thou the dawn to know its place 13 To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it, 14 It turneth itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed. 15 And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken. 16 Hast thou come in to springs of the sea And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down 17 Revealed to thee were the gates of death And the gates of death-shade dost thou see 18 Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare if thou hast known it all. 19 Where [is] this the way light dwelleth And darkness, where [is] this its place 20 That thou dost take it unto its boundary, And that thou dost understand The paths of its house. 21 Thou hast known for then thou art born And the number of thy days [are] many! 22 Hast thou come in unto the treasure of snow Yea, the treasures of hail dost thou see 23 That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle. 24 Where [is] this, the way light is apportioned It scattereth an east wind over the earth. 25 Who hath divided for the flood a conduit And a way for the lightning of the voices 26 To cause [it] to rain on a land no man, A wilderness no man in it. 27 To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass 28 Hath the rain a father Or who hath begotten the drops of dew 29 From whose belly came forth the ice And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it 30 As a stone waters are hidden, And the face of the deep is captured. 31 Dost thou bind sweet influences of Kimah Or the attractions of Kesil dost thou open 32 Dost thou bring out Mazzaroth in its season And Aysh for her sons dost thou comfort 33 Hast thou known the statutes of heaven Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth 34 Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee 35 Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, 'Behold us ' 36 Who hath put in the inward parts wisdom Or who hath given To the covered part understanding 37 Who doth number the clouds by wisdom And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down, 38 In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together 39 Dost thou hunt for a lion prey And the desire of young lions fulfil 40 When they bow down in dens Abide in a thicket for a covert 41 Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God They wander without food.