Book - Job - Chapter = 38 --> NLT
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Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:
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"Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorant words?
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Brace yourself, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them.
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"Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you know so much.
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Do you know how its dimensions were determined and who did the surveying?
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What supports its foundations, and who laid its cornerstone
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as the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?
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"Who defined the boundaries of the sea as it burst from the womb,
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and as I clothed it with clouds and thick darkness?
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For I locked it behind barred gates, limiting its shores.
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I said, `Thus far and no farther will you come. Here your proud waves must stop!'
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"Have you ever commanded the morning to appear and caused the dawn to rise in the east?
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Have you ever told the daylight to spread to the ends of the earth, to bring an end to the night's wickedness?
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For the features of the earth take shape as the light approaches, and the dawn is robed in red.
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The light disturbs the haunts of the wicked, and it stops the arm that is raised in violence.
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"Have you explored the springs from which the seas come? Have you walked about and explored their depths?
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Do you know where the gates of death are located? Have you seen the gates of utter gloom?
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Do you realize the extent of the earth? Tell me about it if you know!
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"Where does the light come from, and where does the darkness go?
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Can you take it to its home? Do you know how to get there?
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But of course you know all this! For you were born before it was all created, and you are so very experienced!
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"Have you visited the treasuries of the snow? Have you seen where the hail is made and stored?
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I have reserved it for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war.
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Where is the path to the origin of light? Where is the home of the east wind?
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"Who created a channel for the torrents of rain? Who laid out the path for the lightning?
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Who makes the rain fall on barren land, in a desert where no one lives?
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Who sends the rain that satisfies the parched ground and makes the tender grass spring up?
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"Does the rain have a father? Where does dew come from?
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Who is the mother of the ice? Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens?
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For the water turns to ice as hard as rock, and the surface of the water freezes.
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"Can you hold back the movements of the stars? Are you able to restrain the Pleiades or Orion?
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Can you ensure the proper sequence of the seasons or guide the constellation of the Bear with her cubs across the heavens?
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Do you know the laws of the universe and how God rules the earth?
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"Can you shout to the clouds and make it rain?
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Can you make lightning appear and cause it to strike as you direct it?
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Who gives intuition and instinct?
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Who is wise enough to count all the clouds? Who can tilt the water jars of heaven,
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turning the dry dust to clumps of mud?
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"Can you stalk prey for a lioness and satisfy the young lions' appetites
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as they lie in their dens or crouch in the thicket?
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Who provides food for the ravens when their young cry out to God as they wander about in hunger?