January 14 – Job 38-39

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Job Chapters 38-39

The Lord Answers Job
Job 38:1  Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Job 38:2  Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Job 38:3  Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
Job 38:4  Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Job 38:5  Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
Job 38:6  Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
Job 38:7  When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Job 38:8  Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Job 38:9  When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
Job 38:10  And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
Job 38:11  And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Job 38:12  Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
Job 38:13  That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
Job 38:14  It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
Job 38:15  And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
Job 38:16  Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
Job 38:17  Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
Job 38:18  Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
Job 38:19  Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
Job 38:20  That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
Job 38:21  Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
Job 38:22  Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
Job 38:23  Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
Job 38:24  By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
Job 38:25  Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
Job 38:26  To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
Job 38:27  To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
Job 38:28  Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Job 38:29  Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
Job 38:30  The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
Job 38:31  Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
Job 38:32  Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Job 38:33  Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
Job 38:34  Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
Job 38:35  Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
Job 38:36  Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
Job 38:37  Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
Job 38:38  When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
Job 38:39  Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
Job 38:40  When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
Job 38:41  Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

Job 39:1  Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
Job 39:2  Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
Job 39:3  They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
Job 39:4  Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
Job 39:5  Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
Job 39:6  Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
Job 39:7  He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
Job 39:8  The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
Job 39:9  Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
Job 39:10  Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Job 39:11  Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
Job 39:12  Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
Job 39:13  Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
Job 39:14  Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
Job 39:15  And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
Job 39:16  She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
Job 39:17  Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
Job 39:18  What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
Job 39:19  Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
Job 39:20  Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
Job 39:21  He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
Job 39:22  He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
Job 39:23  The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
Job 39:24  He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
Job 39:25  He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Job 39:26  Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
Job 39:27  Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
Job 39:28  She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
Job 39:29  From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
Job 39:30  Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.

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