38:001

Then HaShem answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said

38:002

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge

38:003

Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto Me

38:004

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast the understanding

38:005

Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it

38:006

Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof

38:007

When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of G-d shouted for joy

38:008

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, and issued out of the womb

38:009

When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it

38:010

And prescribed for it My decree, and set bars and doors

38:011

And said: 'Thus far shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed'

38:012

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, and caused the dayspring to know its place

38:013

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it

38:014

It is changed as clay under the seal; and they stand as a garment

38:015

But from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm is broken

38:016

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep

38:017

Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death

38:018

Hast thou surveyed unto the breadths of the earth? Declare, if thou knowest it all

38:019

Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and as for darkness, where is the place thereof

38:020

That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof

38:021

Thou knowest it, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great

38:022

Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, or hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail

38:023

Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war

38:024

By what way is the light parted, or the east wind scattered upon the earth

38:025

Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, or a way for the lightning of the thunder

38:026

To cause it to rain on a land where no man is, on the wilderness, wherein there is no man

38:027

To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth

38:028

Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew

38:029

Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoar-frost of heaven, who hath gendered it

38:030

The waters are congealed like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen

38:031

Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion

38:032

Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her sons

38:033

Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth

38:034

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee

38:035

Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee: 'Here we are'

38:036

Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind

38:037

Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven

38:038

When the dust runneth into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together

38:039

Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lioness? Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions

38:040

When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait

38:041

Who provideth for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry unto G-d, and wander for lack of food