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Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
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And now, finally, GOD answered Job from the eye of a violent storm. He said:
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Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm. He said:
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Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
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Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:
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Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
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"Why do you confuse the issue? Why do you talk without knowing what you're talking about?
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"Who is this that darkens my counsel with words without knowledge?
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"Who is this who darkens counsel By words without knowledge?
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"Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorant words?
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Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
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Pull yourself together, Job! Up on your feet! Stand tall! I have some questions for you, and I want some straight answers.
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Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.
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Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me.
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Brace yourself, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them.
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Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
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Where were you when I created the earth? Tell me, since you know so much!
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"Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand.
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"Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
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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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Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
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Who decided on its size? Certainly you'll know that! Who came up with the blueprints and measurements?
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Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it?
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Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it?
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Do you know how its dimensions were determined and who did the surveying?
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Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
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How was its foundation poured, and who set the cornerstone,
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On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone-
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To what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,
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What supports its foundations, and who laid its cornerstone
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When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
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While the morning stars sang in chorus and all the angels shouted praise?
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while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?
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When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
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as the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?
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Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
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And who took charge of the ocean when it gushed forth like a baby from the womb?
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"Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
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"Or who shut in the sea with doors, When it burst forth and issued from the womb;
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"Who defined the boundaries of the sea as it burst from the womb,
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When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
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That was me! I wrapped it in soft clouds, and tucked it in safely at night.
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when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness,
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When I made the clouds its garment, And thick darkness its swaddling band;
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and as I clothed it with clouds and thick darkness?
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And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
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Then I made a playpen for it, a strong playpen so it couldn't run loose,
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when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place,
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When I fixed My limit for it, And set bars and doors;
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For I locked it behind barred gates, limiting its shores.
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And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
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And said, "Stay here, this is your place. Your wild tantrums are confined to this place.'
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when I said, 'This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt'?
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When I said, "This far you may come, but no farther, And here your proud waves must stop!'
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I said, `Thus far and no farther will you come. Here your proud waves must stop!'
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Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
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"And have you ever ordered Morning, "Get up!' told Dawn, "Get to work!'
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"Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place,
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"Have you commanded the morning since your days began, And caused the dawn to know its place,
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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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That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
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So you could seize Earth like a blanket and shake out the wicked like cockroaches?
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that it might take the earth by the edges and shake the wicked out of it?
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That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?
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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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It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
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As the sun brings everything to light, brings out all the colors and shapes,
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The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its features stand out like those of a garment.
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It takes on form like clay under a seal, And stands out like a garment.
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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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And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
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The cover of darkness is snatched from the wicked--they're caught in the very act!
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The wicked are denied their light, and their upraised arm is broken.
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From the wicked their light is withheld, And the upraised arm is broken.
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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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Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
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"Have you ever gotten to the true bottom of things, explored the labyrinthine caves of deep ocean?
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"Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep?
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"Have you entered the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in search of the depths?
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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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Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
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Do you know the first thing about death? Do you have one clue regarding death's dark mysteries?
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Have the gates of death been shown to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
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Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?
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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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Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
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And do you have any idea how large this earth is? Speak up if you have even the beginning of an answer.
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Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know all this.
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Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.
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Do you realize the extent of the earth? Tell me about it if you know!
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Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
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"Do you know where Light comes from and where Darkness lives
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"What is the way to the abode of light? And where does darkness reside?
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"Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place,
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"Where does the light come from, and where does the darkness go?
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That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
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So you can take them by the hand and lead them home when they get lost?
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Can you take them to their places? Do you know the paths to their dwellings?
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That you may take it to its territory, That you may know the paths to its home?
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Can you take it to its home? Do you know how to get there?
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Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
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Why, of course you know that. You've known them all your life, grown up in the same neighborhood with them!
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Surely you know, for you were already born! You have lived so many years!
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Do you know it, because you were born then, Or because the number of your days is great?
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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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Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
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"Have you ever traveled to where snow is made, seen the vault where hail is stockpiled,
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"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of the hail,
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"Have you entered the treasury of snow, Or have you seen the treasury of hail,
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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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Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
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The arsenals of hail and snow that I keep in readiness for times of trouble and battle and war?
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which I reserve for times of trouble, for days of war and battle?
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Which I have reserved for the time of trouble, For the day of battle and war?
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I have reserved it for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war.
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By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
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Can you find your way to where lightning is launched, or to the place from which the wind blows?
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What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed, or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth?
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By what way is light diffused, Or the east wind scattered over the earth?
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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 hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
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Who do you suppose carves canyons for the downpours of rain, and charts the route of thunderstorms
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Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain, and a path for the thunderstorm,
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"Who has divided a channel for the overflowing water, Or a path for the thunderbolt,
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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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To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
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That bring water to unvisited fields, deserts no one ever lays eyes on,
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to water a land where no man lives, a desert with no one in it,
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To cause it to rain on a land where there is no one, A wilderness in which there is no man;
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Who makes the rain fall on barren land, in a desert where no one lives?
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To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
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Drenching the useless wastelands so they're carpeted with wildflowers and grass?
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to satisfy a desolate wasteland and make it sprout with grass?
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To satisfy the desolate waste, And cause to spring forth the growth of tender grass?
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Who sends the rain that satisfies the parched ground and makes the tender grass spring up?
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Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
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And who do you think is the father of rain and dew,
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Does the rain have a father? Who fathers the drops of dew?
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Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
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"Does the rain have a father? Where does dew come from?
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Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
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the mother of ice and frost?
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From whose womb comes the ice? Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens
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From whose womb comes the ice? And the frost of heaven, who gives it birth?
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Who is the mother of the ice? Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens?
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The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
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You don't for a minute imagine these marvels of weather just happen, do you?
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when the waters become hard as stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen?
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The waters harden like stone, And the surface of the deep is frozen.
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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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Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
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"Can you catch the eye of the beautiful Pleiades sisters, or distract Orion from his hunt?
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"Can you bind the beautiful Pleiades? Can you loose the cords of Orion?
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"Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the belt of Orion?
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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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Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
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Can you get Venus to look your way, or get the Great Bear and her cubs to come out and play?
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Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear with its cubs?
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Can you bring out Mazzaroth in its season? Or can you guide the Great Bear with its cubs?
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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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Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
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Do you know the first thing about the sky's constellations and how they affect things on Earth?
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Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set up God's dominion over the earth?
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Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?
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Do you know the laws of the universe and how God rules the earth?
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Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
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"Can you get the attention of the clouds, and commission a shower of rain?
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"Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with a flood of water?
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"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That an abundance of water may cover you?
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"Can you shout to the clouds and make it rain?
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Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
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Can you take charge of the lightning bolts and have them report to you for orders?
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Do you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, 'Here we are'?
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Can you send out lightnings, that they may go, And say to you, "Here we are!'?
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Can you make lightning appear and cause it to strike as you direct it?
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Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
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"Who do you think gave weather-wisdom to the ibis, and storm-savvy to the rooster?
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Who endowed the heart with wisdom or gave understanding to the mind?
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Who has put wisdom in the mind? Or who has given understanding to the heart?
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Who gives intuition and instinct?
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Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
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Does anyone know enough to number all the clouds or tip over the rain barrels of heaven
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Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens
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Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
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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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When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
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When the earth is cracked and dry, the ground baked hard as a brick?
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when the dust becomes hard and the clods of earth stick together?
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When the dust hardens in clumps, And the clods cling together?
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turning the dry dust to clumps of mud?
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Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
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"Can you teach the lioness to stalk her prey and satisfy the appetite of her cubs
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"Do you hunt the prey for the lioness and satisfy the hunger of the lions
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"Can you hunt the prey for the lion, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
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"Can you stalk prey for a lioness and satisfy the young lions' appetites
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When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
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As they crouch in their den, waiting hungrily in their cave?
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when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in a thicket?
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When they crouch in their dens, Or lurk in their lairs to lie in wait?
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as they lie in their dens or crouch in the thicket?
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Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
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And who sets out food for the ravens when their young cry to God, fluttering about because they have no food?
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Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?
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Who provides food for the raven, When its young ones cry to God, And wander about for lack of food?
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Who provides food for the ravens when their young cry out to God as they wander about in hunger?
