Job 38:1-11

Evangelical Heritage Version

² Who is this who spreads darkness over my plans
    with his ignorant words?
³ Get ready for action^[a] like a man!
Then I will ask you questions,
and you will inform me.

⁴ Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell me, if you understand anything about it.
⁵ Who determined its dimensions?
I am sure you know.
Who stretched out the surveying line over it?
⁶ What supports its foundation?
Who set its cornerstone in place,
⁷     when the morning stars sang loud songs together,
        and all the sons of God shouted for joy?^[b]
8 Who locked up the sea behind doors
    when it burst out of the womb?
⁹ When I clothed the sea with clouds,
when I wrapped it with thick darkness as its swaddling cloths,
¹⁰ when I broke its power with my decree,
when I locked it up behind barred, double doors,
¹¹ I said, “You may come this far, but no farther.
Here is the barrier for your proud waves.”