1Then Jehovah answered Job out of the tempest, and said: 2Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge? 3Now gird up your loins like a man; I will consult with you, and you declare unto Me. 4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have become acquainted with understanding. 5Who has fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who has stretched the line upon it? 6To what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone, 7when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 8Or who shut in the sea with doors, when it burst forth and came forth from the womb; 9when I made the clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band; 10when I broke My limit for it, and set bars and doors; 11and said, This far you may come, but no farther, and here your proud waves shall stay!? 12Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place, 13that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it? 14It takes on form like clay under a seal, and stands out like a garment. 15From the wicked their light is withheld, and the lofty arm is broken. 16Have you entered the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in search of the depths? 17Have the gates of death been disclosed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death? 18Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Declare, if you know it all! 19Where is the way to where light dwells? And darkness, where is its place, 20that you may take it to its territory, that you may observe the paths to its house? 21You know, because you were born then, and because the number of your days is great. 22Have you entered the storehouses of snow, or have you seen the storehouses of hail, 23which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war? 24By what way is light diffused, or the east wind scattered over the earth? 25Who has split a channel for the flood, or a path for the thunderbolt, 26to cause it to rain on a land where there is no man, a wilderness devoid of mankind; 27to satisfy the desolate waste, and cause to spring forth the growth of vegetation? 28Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew? 29From whose womb comes the ice? And the frost of the heavens, who has given it birth? 30The waters harden like stone, and the surface of the deep is stuck together. 31Can you bind the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion? 32Can you bring out the constellations in their seasons? Or can you guide Ursa Major with its sons? 33Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you appoint their authority over the earth? 34Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that an abundance of water may cover you? 35Can you send out lightnings, that they may go, and say to you, Here we are!? 36Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind? 37Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can lay down the pitchers of the heavens, 38when the dust is poured into castings, and the clods cling together? 39Can you hunt the prey for the lion, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, 40when they crouch in their dens, or sit in their lairs to lie in wait? 41Who provides food for the raven, when its young ones cry out to the Mighty God, and wander about for lack of food?