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Job 38:2

Verse 2 of 41. The 38th of 42 chapters in Job, in Poetry and Wisdom.

1Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

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

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

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

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

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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.