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Job 38

God Speaks Now to Job

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Then the LORDh3068  aansweredh6030a Jobh347 out of the whirlwindh5591b and saidh559,

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"Whoh4310 is thish2088 that  adarkensh2821 counselh6098 By wordsh4405 withouth1097 knowledgeh1847?

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"Nowh4994  agirdh247 up your loinsh2504 like a manh1397, And  bI will askh7592 you, and you instructh3045 Me!

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"Whereh375 were you  awhen I laidh3245 the foundationh3245 of the earthh776? Tellh5046 Me, ifh518 you  1haveh3045 understandingh998,

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Whoh4310 seth7760 its  ameasurementsh4461? Sinceh3588 you knowh3045. Orh176 whoh4310 stretchedh5186 the lineh6957b on it?

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"On whath4100  awere its basesh134 sunkh2883? Orh176 whoh4310 laidh3384 its cornerstoneh68h6438,

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When the morningh1242 starsh3556 sangh7442 togetherh3162 And allh3605 the  asonsh1121 of Godh430 shoutedh7321 for joyh7321?

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"Or who  aenclosedh5480b the seah3220 with doorsh1817 When, burstingh1518 forthh1518, it wenth3318 out from the wombh7358;

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When I madeh7760 a cloudh6051 its garmenth3830 And thickh6205 darknessh6205 its swaddlingh2854 bandh2854,

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And I  1 aplacedh7665 boundariesh2706 on it And seth7760 a bolth1280 and doorsh1817,

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And I saidh559, `Thush6311 farh5704 you shall comeh935, but noh3808 fartherh3254; And hereh6311 shall your proudh1347b wavesh1530 stoph7896'?

God's Mighty Power

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"Have you  1everh4480h3117 in your lifeh4480h3117 commandedh6680 the morningh1242, And caused the dawnh7837 to knowh3045 its placeh4725,

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That it might takeh270 holdh270 of  athe endsh3671 of the earthh776, And  bthe wickedh7563 be shakenh5287 out of it?

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"It is changedh2015 like clayh2563a under the sealh2368; And they standh3320 forthh3320 likeh3644 a garmenth3830.

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aFrom the wickedh7563 their lighth216 is withheldh4513, And the  bupliftedh7311 armh2220 is brokenh7665.

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"Have you enteredh935 into  athe springsh5033 of the seah3220 Or walkedh1980  1in the recessesh2714 of the deeph8415?

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"Have the gatesh8179 of deathh4194 been revealedh1540 to you, Or have you seenh7200 the gatesh8179 of  adeeph6757 darknessh6757?

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"Have you understoodh995 the  1expanseh7338 of  athe earthh776? Tellh5046 Me, ifh518 you knowh3045 allh3605 this.

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"Whereh335 is the wayh1870 to the dwellingh7931 of lighth216? And darknessh2822, whereh335 is its placeh4725,

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That you may takeh3947 it to  aits territoryh1366 And that you may discernh995 the pathsh5410b to its  1homeh1004?

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"You knowh3045, for  ayou were bornh3205 thenh227, And the numberh4557 of your daysh3117 is greath7227a!

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"Have you enteredh935 the storehousesh214  aof the snowh7950, Or have you seenh7200 the storehousesh214 of the  bhailh1259,

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Whichh834 I have reservedh2820 for the timeh6256 of distressh6862b, For the dayh3117 of warh7128 and battleh4421?

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"Whereh335 is the wayh1870 that  athe lighth216 is dividedh2505a, Or the easth6921 windh6921 scatteredh6327a on the earthh776?

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"Whoh4310 has clefth6385 a channelh8585a for the floodh7858, Or a wayh1870 for the thunderbolth6963h2385,

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To bringh4305  arainh4305 on a landh776 withouth3808  1peopleh376, On a deserth4057b withouth3808 a manh120 in it,

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To  asatisfyh7646 the wasteh7724b and desolateh4875 land And to make the  1seedsh4161 of grassh1877 to sprouth6779?

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"Hash3426  athe rainh4306 a fatherh1? Orh176 whoh4310 has begottenh3205 the dropsh96 of dewh2919?

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"From whoseh4310 wombh990 has comeh3318 the  aiceh7140? And the frosth3713b of heavenh8064, whoh4310 has givenh3205 it birthh3205?

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"Waterh4325  1becomesh2244 hardh2244 like stoneh68, And the surfaceh6440 of the deeph8415 is imprisonedh3920.

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"Can you bindh7194 the chainsh4575a of the  aPleiadesh3598, Orh176 looseh6605a the cordsh4189 of Orionh3685?

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"Can you leadh3318 forthh3318 a  1constellationh4216 in its seasonh6256, And guideh5148 the Bearh5906 with her  2satellitesh1121?

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"Do you knowh3045 the  aordinancesh2708 of the heavensh8064, Orh518 fixh7760 their ruleh4896 over the earthh776?

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"Can you lifth7311 up your voiceh6963 to the cloudsh5645, So that an  aabundanceh8229 of waterh4325 will coverh3680 you?

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"Can you  asendh7971 forth lightningsh1300 that they may goh1980 And sayh559 to you, `Hereh2009 we are'?

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"Whoh4310 has  aputh7896 wisdomh2451 in the innermosth2910 beingh2910 Orh176 givenh5414  bunderstandingh998 to the  1mindh7907?

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"Whoh4310 can counth5608 the cloudsh7834 by wisdomh2451, Or  atiph7901 the waterh5035a jarsh5035a of the heavensh8064,

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When the dusth6083 hardensh3332 into a massh4165 And the clodsh7263 stickh1692 togetherh1692?

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"Can you hunth6679 the  apreyh2964 for the lionh3833b, Or satisfyh4390 the appetiteh2421b of the youngh3715 lionsh3715,

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Whenh3588 they  acrouchh7817 in their densh4585 And lieh695 in waith695 in their lairh5521?

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"Whoh4310 preparesh3559 for  athe ravenh6158 its nourishmenth6718b Whenh3588 its youngh3206 cryh7768 to Godh410 And wanderh8582 about withouth1097 foodh400?



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