| 1 | But the Lord, responding to Job from a whirlwind, said: |
| 2 | Who is this that wraps sentences in unskilled words? |
| 3 | Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me. |
| 4 | Where were you, when I set the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. |
| 5 | Who set its measurements, if you know, or who stretched a line over it? |
| 6 | Upon what have its bases been grounded, and who set forth its cornerstone, |
| 7 | when the morning stars praised me together, and all the sons of God made a joyful noise? |
| 8 | Who enclosed the sea with doors, when it broke forth as if issuing from the womb, |
| 9 | when I stationed a cloud as its garment and wrapped it in a mist as if swaddling an infant? |
| 10 | I encircled it with my limits, and I positioned its bars and doors. |
| 11 | And I said: "This far you will approach, and you will proceeded no further, and here you will break your swelling waves." |
| 12 | Did you, after your birth, command the birth of the sun and show the sunrise its place? |
| 13 | And did you hold the extremities of the earth, shaking them, and have you shaken the impious out of it? |
| 14 | The seal will be restored like clay, and it will remain in place like a garment. |
| 15 | From the impious, the light will be taken away, and the exalted arm will be broken. |
| 16 | Have you entered the depths of the sea, and have you taken a walk in the uttermost parts of the abyss? |
| 17 | Have the gates of death been opened to you, and have you seen the doors of darkness? |
| 18 | Have you considered the breadth of the earth? If you know all things, reveal them to me. |
| 19 | Which is the way that holds the light, and which is the place of darkness? |
| 20 | In this way, you might lead each thing to its final place, and understand the paths of its house. |
| 21 | So then, did you know when you were to be born? And did you know the number of your days? |
| 22 | Have you been admitted into the storehouses of the snows, and have you gazed upon the stockpile of the brimstone, |
| 23 | which I have prepared for the time of the enemy, for the day of the battle and the war? |
| 24 | In what way is the light scattered, and the heat distributed, over the earth? |
| 25 | Who gave a course to the rainstorms, and a path to the resounding thunder, |
| 26 | so that it would rain on the earth far from man, in the wilderness where no mortal lingers, |
| 27 | so that it would fill impassable and desolate places, and would bring forth green plants? |
| 28 | Who is the father of rain, or who conceived the drops of dew? |
| 29 | From whose womb did the ice proceed, and who created the frost from the air? |
| 30 | The waters are hardened to become like stone, and the surface of the abyss freezes over. |
| 31 | Will you have the strength to join together the sparkling stars of the Pleiades, or are you able to disperse the circling of Arcturus? |
| 32 | Can you bring forth the morning star, in its time, and make the evening star rise over the sons of the earth? |
| 33 | Do you know the order of heaven, and can you explain its rules here on the earth? |
| 34 | Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, so that an onslaught of waters will cover you? |
| 35 | Can you send forth lightning bolts, and will they go, and on returning, say to you: "Here we are?" |
| 36 | Who placed discernment in the guts of man, or who gave the rooster intelligence? |
| 37 | Who can describe the rules of the heavens, or who can put to rest the harmony of heaven? |
| 38 | When was the dust cast to become the earth, and when were its clods fastened together? |
| 39 | Will you seize prey for the lioness, and will you sustain the lives of her young, |
| 40 | as they rest in their dens or lie in wait in pits? |
| 41 | Who provides the raven with its meal, when her chicks cry out to God, as they wander around because they have no food? |
