Job 38:4-15

Amplified Bible

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“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell Me, if you know and have understanding.
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“Who determined the measurements [of the earth], if you know?
Or who stretched the [measuring] line on it?
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“On what were its foundations fastened?
Or who laid its cornerstone,
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When the morning stars sang together
And all the sons of God (angels) shouted for joy?

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“Or who enclosed the sea with doors
When it burst forth and went out of the womb;
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When I made the clouds its garment
And thick darkness its swaddling band,
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And marked for it My [appointed] boundary
And set bars and doors [defining the shorelines],^(A)
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And said, ‘This far you shall come, but no farther;
And here your proud waves shall stop’?^(B)

God’s Mighty Power

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“Since your days began, have you ever commanded the morning,
And caused the dawn to know its place,
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So that light may take hold of the corners of the earth
And shake the wickedness out of it?
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“The earth is changed like clay into which a seal is pressed;
And the things [of the earth] stand out like a [multi-colored] garment.
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“Their light is withheld from the wicked,
And the uplifted arm is broken.