God Questions Job

[6] Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, [7] Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. [8] Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? [9] Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? [10] Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. [11] Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. [12] Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. [13] Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret. [14] Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.

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

If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

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

And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

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• Cornerstone

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. read more Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken. Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. show less

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Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?

What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

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

Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

• Angel
• Gates
• Cornerstone

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? read more Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; show less

To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.