1. Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
2. Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
3. Now gird up thy loins like a man; for I will enquire of thee, and answer thou me.
4. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Cause me to know, if thou hast understanding.
5. Who ordered its dimensions, if thou knowest? Or who has stretched the line upon it?
6. Upon what are its foundations founded? Or who laid its corner stone;
7. when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8. Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
9. When I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,
10. and established my decree upon it, and set bars and doors,