- Then
the Lord answered Job out of
the whirlwind, and said: (Ex.
19:16)
- "Who is this who darkens
counsel (Job 34:35; Job 35:16; Job 42:3) by
words without knowledge? (1 Tim. 1:7)
- Now prepare yourself like a man; I
will question you, and you shall answer Me. (Job 40:7; Job 42:4)
- "Where were you when I laid the
foundations of the earth? (Job 15:7;
Ps. 104:5) tell
Me, if
you have understanding. (Prov.
30:4)
- Who determined its
measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line
upon it?
- To what were its foundations
fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,
- When the morning stars sang
together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? (Job 1:6)
- "Or who shut in the sea with doors, (Gen. 1:9; Ps. 33:7)
when it burst forth and issued from the womb;
- When I made the clouds its garment,
and thick darkness its swaddling band;
- When I fixed My limit for it, and
set bars and doors;
- When I said, 'This far you may
come, but no farther, and here your proud waves must stop!' (Ps. 89:9; Ps. 93:4)
- "Have you commanded the morning
since your days began, (Ps.
74:16; Ps. 148:5)
and caused the dawn to know its place,
- That it might take hold of the
ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it? (Ps. 104:35)
- It takes on form like clay under a
seal, and stands out like a garment.
- From the wicked their light is
withheld, (Job 18:5) and
the upraised arm is broken. (Ps.
10:15; Ps. 37:17)
- "Have you entered the springs of
the sea? (Ps. 77:19)
Or have you walked in search of the depths?
- Have the gates of death been
revealed to you? Or have you seen the doors of the shadow of
death?
- Have you comprehended the breadth
of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.
- "Where is the way of the dwelling
of light? And darkness, where is its place,
- That you may take it to its
territory, that you may know the paths to its home?
- Do you know it, because you were
born then, or because the number of your days is great?
- "Have you entered the treasury of
snow, or have you seen the treasury of hail, (Ps. 135:7)
- Which I have reserved for the time
of trouble, for the day of battle and war? (Is. 30:30)
- By what way is light diffused, or
the east wind scattered over the earth?
- "Who has divided a channel for the
overflowing water, or a path for the thunderbolt, (Job. 28:26)
- To cause it to rain on a land
where there is no one, a wilderness in which there is no man; (Job 5:10; Ps. 147:8)
- To satisfy the desolate waste, and
cause to spring forth the growth of tender grass? (Ps. 104:13-14; Ps. 107:35)
- Has the rain a father? Or
who has begotten the drops of dew? (Job
36:27-28; Ps. 135:7)
- From whose womb comes the
ice? And the frost of heaven, who gives it birth?
- The waters harden like stone, and
the surface of the deep is frozen.
- "Can you bind the cluster of the
Pleiades, or loose the belt of Orion?
- Can you bring out Mazzaroth in its
season? Or can you guide the Great Bear with its cubs?
- Do you know the ordinances of the
heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth? (Jer. 31:35-36)
- "Can you lift up your voice to the
clouds, that an abundance of water may cover you?
- Can you send out lightnings, that
they may go, and say to you, 'Here we are!'?
- Who has put wisdom in the
mind? Or who has given understanding to the heart? (Ps. 51:6)
- Who can number the clouds by
wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
- When the dust hardens in clumps,
and the clods cling together?
- "Can you hunt the prey for the
lion, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, (Ps. 104:21)
- When they crouch in their dens, or
lurk in their lairs to lie in wait?
- Who provides food for the raven,
when its young ones cry to God, and wander about for lack of
food? (Matt. 6:26)
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