Job 38:16-41
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16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
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17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
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18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
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19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
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20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
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21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
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22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
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23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
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24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
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25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
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26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
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27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
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28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
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29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
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30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
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31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
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32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
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33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
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34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
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35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
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36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
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37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
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38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
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39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
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40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
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41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.