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1. Then the Lord answered Job out of the strong wind and said,
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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 makes words of wisdom dark by speaking without much learning?
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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. Now get ready like a man, and I will ask you some questions and you 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 were you when I began building the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
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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 decided how big it was to be, since you know? Who looked to see if it was as big as it should be?
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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. What was it built upon? Who laid its first stone,
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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 morning stars sang together and all the sons of God called out for joy?
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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. "Who shut up the sea with doors, when it rushed out from its secret place?
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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. I made clouds its clothing, and put much darkness around it.
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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. I marked the places where it could not pass, and set locks and doors.
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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, 'You will come this far, and no farther. Here will your proud waves stop.'
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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. "Have you ever in your life told the morning when to come, and caused the first light of day to know its 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. that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the sinful be shaken 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. It is changed like clay when an object is pushed down to mark it, and they stand out like clothing.
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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. The light of the sinful is held back, and the arm lifted up is broken.
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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. "Have you gone into the wells of the sea? Have you walked on the bottom of the deep sea?
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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. Have the gates of death been shown to you? Or have you seen the gates of the deep darkness?
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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. Have you understood how great the earth is? Tell Me, if you know all this.
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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. "Where does the light come from? And where 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. that you may take it to its land, and know the paths to its home?
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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. You know, for you were born then. You are very old!
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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. Have you gone into the store-houses of the snow? Have you seen the store-houses of the 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. which I have kept for the time of trouble, for the day of war 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. What is the way to the place where the light is divided, or the east wind spread over the earth?
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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. "Who has cut open a way for the flood, and a path for the thunderstorm?
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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. Who brings rain on the land without people, on a desert without a man in it,
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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. to fill the need of the wasted land, and to make the grass grow?
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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. Does the rain have a father? Who has given birth to the drops of rain?
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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. Who gave birth to ice? And who gave birth to the snow water of heaven?
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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. Water becomes hard like stone, and the top of the sea is covered with ice.
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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. "Can you tie the chains of the stars of Pleiades, or loose the ropes 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. Can you lead the groups of stars out at the right times? Can you lead the stars of the Bear with her young?
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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. Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you make them to rule over the earth?
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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. "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that a flood of water may cover you?
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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. Can you send out lightnings, that they may go and say to you, 'Here we are'?
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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. Who has given wisdom to the heart? Who has given understanding to the mind?
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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. Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can push over the water jars of the heavens,
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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. when the dust gathers together and becomes hard?
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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. "Can you hunt food for the lion? Can you fill the hunger of the young lions,
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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. when they lie in their own place in the rock, or wait in their hiding place?
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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. Who gets the food ready for the raven, when its young cry to God and go about without 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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