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excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
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God thundereth marvellously with
his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
6
For he saith to the snow, Be thou
on
the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
7
He sealeth up the
hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
8
Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in
their places.
9
Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
10
By the breath
of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
11
Also by watering he wearieth
the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
12
And it is turned round about by his counsels: that
they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
13
He causeth
it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
14
Hearken unto this, O Job: stand
still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
15
Dost thou know when God disposed them, and
caused the light of his cloud to shine?
16
Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous
works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
17
How thy garments
are
warm, when he quieteth the
earth by the south
wind?
18
Hast thou with him spread out the sky,
which is
strong,
and
as a molten
looking glass?
19
Teach us what we shall say unto him;
for
we cannot order
our speech
by reason
of darkness.
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Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
21
And now
men
see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth
them.
22
Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.
23
Touching
the Almighty,
we cannot find him out:
he is
excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will
not afflict.
24
Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any
that are
wise of heart.
CHAPTER 38
Then the L
ORD
answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
2
Who
is
this that darkeneth counsel
by words without knowledge?
3
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and
answer thou me.
4
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast
understanding.
5
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the
line upon it?
6
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
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 brake forth,
as if
it had issued out of the womb?
9
When I made the
cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
10
And brake up for it my
decreed
place,
and set bars and doors,
11
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and
here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
12
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days;
and
caused the dayspring to know his place;
13
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the
wicked might be shaken out of it?
14
It is turned as clay
to
the seal; and they stand as a garment.
15
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
16
Hast thou
entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
17
Have the gates
of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
18
Hast thou
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