Job 38:1-12

God Speaks Now to Job

¹Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind and said,

2“Who is this who darkens the divine plan

By words without knowledge?

3“Now tighten the belt on your waist like a man,

And I shall ask you, and you inform Me!

4“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?

Tell Me, if you have understanding,

5Who set its measurements? Since you know.

Or who stretched the measuring line over it?

6“On what were its bases sunk?

Or who laid its cornerstone,

7When the morning stars sang together

And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

8“Or who enclosed the sea with doors

When it went out from the womb, bursting forth;

9When I made a cloud its garment,

And thick darkness its swaddling bands,

10And I placed boundaries on it

And set a bolt and doors,

11And I said, ‘As far as this point you shall come, but no farther;

And here your proud waves shall stop’?

God’s Mighty Power

12“Have you ever in your life commanded the morning,

And made the dawn know its place,