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1. And after Elius had ceased from speaking, the Lord spoke to Job through the whirlwind and clouds, saying,
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1. Then the LORD H3068 answered H6030 H853 Job H347 out of H4480 the whirlwind H5591 , and said H559 ,
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2. Who is this that hides counsel from me, and confines words in his heart, and thinks to conceal them from me?
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2. Who H4310 is this H2088 that darkeneth H2821 counsel H6098 by words H4405 without H1097 knowledge H1847 ?
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3. Gird thy loins like a man; and I will ask thee, and do thou answer me.
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3. Gird up H247 now H4994 thy loins H2504 like a man H1397 ; for I will demand H7592 of thee , and answer H3045 thou me.
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4. Where wast thou when I founded the earth? tell me now, if thou hast knowledge,
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4. Where H375 wast H1961 thou when I laid the foundations H3245 of the earth H776 ? declare H5046 , if H518 thou hast understanding H3045 H998 .
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5. who set the measures of it, if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?
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5. Who H4310 hath laid H7760 the measures H4461 thereof, if H3588 thou knowest H3045 ? or H176 who H4310 hath stretched H5186 the line H6957 upon H5921 it?
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6. On what are its Alex. pillars rings fastened? and who is he that laid the sc. keystone corner-stone upon it?
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6. Whereupon H5921 H4100 are the foundations H134 thereof fastened H2883 ? or H176 who H4310 laid H3384 the corner H6438 stone H68 thereof;
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7. When the stars were made, all my angels praised me with a loud voice.
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7. When the morning H1242 stars H3556 sang H7442 together H3162 , and all H3605 the sons H1121 of God H430 shouted for joy H7321 ?
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8. And I shut up the sea with gates, when it rushed out, coming forth out its mother’s womb.
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8. Or who shut up H5526 the sea H3220 with doors H1817 , when it broke forth H1518 , as if it had issued out H3318 of the womb H4480 H7358 ?
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9. And I made a cloud its clothing, and swathed it in mist.
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9. When I made H7760 the cloud H6051 the garment H3830 thereof , and thick darkness H6205 a swaddling band H2854 for it,
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10. And I set bounds to it, surrounding it with bars and gates.
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10. And broke up H7665 for H5921 it my decreed H2706 place , and set H7760 bars H1280 and doors H1817 ,
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11. And I said to it, Hitherto shalt thou come, but thou shalt not go beyond, but thy waves shall be confined within thee.
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11. And said H559 , Hitherto H5704 H6311 shalt thou come H935 , but no H3808 further H3254 : and here H6311 shall thy proud H1347 waves H1530 be stayed H7896 ?
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12. Or did I order the morning light in thy time; and did the morning star then first see his appointed place;
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12. Hast thou commanded H6680 the morning H1242 since thy days H4480 H3117 ; and caused the dayspring H7837 to know H3045 his place H4725 ;
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13. to lay hold of the extremities of the earth, to Gr. shake out cast out the ungodly out of it?
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13. That it might take hold H270 of the ends H3671 of the earth H776 , that the wicked H7563 might be shaken H5287 out of H4480 it?
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14. Or didst thou take clay of the ground, and form a living creature, and set Gr. him, i. e., man; Alex. auto it with the power of speech upon the earth?
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14. It is turned H2015 as clay H2563 to the seal H2368 ; and they stand H3320 as H3644 a garment H3830 .
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15. And hast thou removed light from the ungodly, and crushed the arm of the proud?
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15. And from the wicked H4480 H7563 their light H216 is withheld H4513 , and the high H7311 arm H2220 shall be broken H7665 .
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16. Or hast thou gone to the source of the sea, and walked in the tracks of the deep?
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16. Hast thou entered H935 into H5704 the springs H5033 of the sea H3220 ? or hast thou walked H1980 in the search H2714 of the depth H8415 ?
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17. And do the gates of death open to thee for fear; and did the porters of hell quake when they saw thee?
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17. Have the gates H8179 of death H4194 been opened H1540 unto thee? or hast thou seen H7200 the doors H8179 of the shadow of death H6757 ?
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18. And hast thou been instructed in the breadth of the whole earth under heaven? tell me now, what is the extent of it?
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18. Hast thou perceived H995 H5704 the breadth H7338 of the earth H776 ? declare H5046 if H518 thou knowest H3045 it all H3605 .
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19. And in what kind of a land does the light dwell? and of what kind is the place of darkness?
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19. Where H335 H2088 is the way H1870 where light H216 dwelleth H7931 ? and as for darkness H2822 , where H335 H2088 is the place H4725 thereof,
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20. If thou couldest bring me to their utmost boundaries, and if also thou knowest their paths;
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20. That H3588 thou shouldest take H3947 it to H413 the bound H1366 thereof , and that H3588 thou shouldest know H995 the paths H5410 to the house H1004 thereof?
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21. I know then that thou wert born at that time, and the number of thy years is great.
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21. Knowest H3045 thou it , because H3588 thou wast then H227 born H3205 ? or because the number H4557 of thy days H3117 is great H7227 ?
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22. But hast thou gone to the treasures of snow? and hast thou seen the treasures of hail?
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22. Hast thou entered H935 into H413 the treasures H214 of the snow H7950 ? or hast thou seen H7200 the treasures H214 of the hail H1259 ,
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23. And is there a store of them, for thee against the time of thine enemies, for the day of wars and battle?
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23. Which H834 I have reserved H2820 against the time H6256 of trouble H6862 , against the day H3117 of battle H7128 and war H4421 ?
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24. And whence proceeds the frost? or whence is the south wind dispersed over the whole world under heaven?
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24. By what H335 H2088 way H1870 is the light H216 parted H2505 , which scattereth H6327 the east wind H6921 upon H5921 the earth H776 ?
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25. And who prepared a course for the violent rain, and a way for the Gr. tumults thunders;
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25. Who H4310 hath divided H6385 a watercourse H8585 for the overflowing of waters H7858 , or a way H1870 for the lightning H2385 of thunder H6963 ;
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26. to rain upon the land where there is no man, the wilderness, where there is not a man in it; so as to feed the untrodden and uninhabited land,
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26. To cause it to rain H4305 on H5921 the earth H776 , where no H3808 man H376 is; on the wilderness H4057 , wherein there is no H3808 man H120 ;
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27. and cause it to send forth a crop of green herbs?
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27. To satisfy H7646 the desolate H7722 and waste H4875 ground ; and to cause the bud H4161 of the tender herb H1877 to spring forth H6779 ?
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28. Who is the rain’s father? and who has generated the drops of dew?
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28. Hath H3426 the rain H4306 a father H1 ? or H176 who H4310 hath begotten H3205 the drops H96 of dew H2919 ?
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29. And out of whose womb comes the ice? and who has produced the frost in the sky,
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29. Out of whose womb H4480 H990 H4310 came H3318 the ice H7140 ? and the hoary frost H3713 of heaven H8064 , who H4310 hath engendered H3205 it?
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30. which descends like flowing water? who has terrified the face of the ungodly?
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30. The waters H4325 are hid H2244 as with a stone H68 , and the face H6440 of the deep H8415 is frozen H3920 .
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31. And dost thou understand the band of Pleias, and hast thou opened the barrier of Orion?
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31. Canst thou bind H7194 the sweet influences H4575 of Pleiades H3598 , or H176 loose H6605 the bands H4189 of Orion H3685 ?
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32. Or wilt thou reveal Mazuroth in his season, and the evening star with his rays? Wilt thou guide them?
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32. Canst thou bring forth H3318 Mazzaroth H4216 in his season H6256 ? or canst thou guide H5148 Arcturus H5906 with H5921 his sons H1121 ?
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33. And knowest thou the changes of heaven, or the events which take place together under heaven?
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33. Knowest H3045 thou the ordinances H2708 of heaven H8064 ? canst thou set H7760 the dominion H4896 thereof in the earth H776 ?
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34. And wilt thou call a cloud with thy voice, and will it obey thee with a violent shower of much rain?
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34. Canst thou lift up H7311 thy voice H6963 to the clouds H5645 , that abundance H8229 of waters H4325 may cover H3680 thee?
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35. And wilt thou send lightnings, and they shall go? and shall they say to thee, What is thy pleasure?
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35. Canst thou send H7971 lightnings H1300 , that they may go H1980 , and say H559 unto thee, Here H2009 we are ?
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36. And who has given to women skill in weaving, or knowledge of embroidery?
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36. Who H4310 hath put H7896 wisdom H2451 in the inward parts H2910 ? or H176 who H4310 hath given H5414 understanding H998 to the heart H7907 ?
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37. And who is he that numbers the clouds in wisdom, and has bowed the heaven down to the earth?
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37. Who H4310 can number H5608 the clouds H7834 in wisdom H2451 ? or who H4310 can stay H7901 the bottles H5035 of heaven H8064 ,
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38. For it is spread out as Alex. ghv konia dusty earth, and I have cemented it as Lit. a cube to a stone one hewn stone to another.
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38. When the dust H6083 groweth H3332 into hardness H4165 , and the clods H7263 cleave fast together H1692 ?
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39. And wilt thou hunt a prey for the lions? and satisfy the Gr. souls desires of the serpents?
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39. Wilt thou hunt H6679 the prey H2964 for the lion H3833 ? or fill H4390 the appetite H2416 of the young lions H3715 ,
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40. For they fear in their lairs, and lying in wait couch in the woods.
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40. When H3588 they couch H7817 in their dens H4585 , and abide H3427 in the covert H5521 to lie in wait H3926 H695 ?
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41. And who has prepared food for the raven? for its young ones wander and cry to the Lord, in search of food.
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41. Who H4310 provideth H3559 for the raven H6158 his food H6718 ? when H3588 his young ones H3206 cry H7768 unto H413 God H410 , they wander H8582 for lack H1097 of meat H400 .
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