Job: Chapter 38:1-41 of 42 (KJV)

Pray for God’s Wisdom and Understanding,
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

God Challenges Job to Answer

Job 38:1
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

Job 38:2
Who [is] this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

Job 38:3
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

Job 38:4
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

Job 38:5
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

Job 38:6
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

Job 38:7
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for  joy?

Job 38:8
Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb?

Job 38:9
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

Job 38:10
And brake up for it my decreed [place,] and set bars and doors,

Job 38:11
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

Job 38:12
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; [and] caused the dayspring to know his place;

Job 38:13
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

Job 38:14
It is turned as clay [to] the seal; and they stand as a garment.

Job 38:15
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

Job 38:16
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

Job 38:17
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

Job 38:18
Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

Job 38:19
Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof,

Job 38:20
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] the house thereof?

Job 38:21
Knowest thou [it,] because thou wast then born? or [because] the number of thy days [is] great?

Job 38:22
Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

Job 38:23
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

Job 38:24
By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

Job 38:25
Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

Job 38:26
To cause it to rain on the earth, [where] no man [is; on] the wilderness, wherein [there is] no man;

Job 38:27
To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground;] and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

Job 38:28
Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

Job 38:29
Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

Job 38:30
The waters are hid as [with] a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

Job 38:31
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

Job 38:32
Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

Job 38:33
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

Job 38:34
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

Job 38:35
Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we [are? ]

Job 38:36
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

Job 38:37
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

Job 38:38
When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

Job 38:39
Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

Job 38:40
When they couch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the covert to lie in wait?

Job 38:41
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

Thank you, Heavenly Father for teaching us your Word. Amen.
End of Job Chapter 38/42.