JOB 38

4 ◄"Where were you/Were you there with me► long ago when I ◄laid the foundations of/created► the earth?

Since you know so much, tell me where you were at that time.

5 Do you know how I decided how large the earth would be?

Do you know who stretched a measuring tape around the earth?

Surely since you think that you know so much, you should know that!

6,7 What supports the pillars on which the earth rests?

When the stars that shine early in the morning sang together,

and someone put in place the stone that causes the earth to stay in its place,

and all the angels shouted joyfully when they saw that happening,

who laid that cornerstone? Did you?

8 "When the seas poured forth from inside the earth,

who prevented the water from flooding over the land?

9 It was I, not you, who caused clouds to come over the seas

and caused it to become very dark under those clouds.

10 I set limits for the seas,

and I put barriers so that the water would not come over the land.

11 I pointed to the shore and said to the water,

‘I permit you to come up to here, but I do not permit you to come any farther.

Your powerful waves must stop there!’