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The Lord Speaks to Job

38 The Lord responded to Job from the whirlwind and said:

“Who is this who keeps darkening my counsel
    without knowing what he’s talking about?
Stand up[a] like a man!
    I’ll ask you some questions,
        and you give me some answers!”

On the Natural World

“Where were you when I laid the foundation of my earth?
    Tell me,[b] since you’re so informed!
Who set its measurement? Am I to assume you know?
    Who stretched a boundary line over it?
On what were its bases set?
    Who laid its corner stone
while the morning stars sang together
    and all the divine beings[c] shouted joyfully?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:3 Lit. Gird up your loins
  2. Job 38:4 Or declare
  3. Job 38:7 Lit. sons of God