readth of the earth? tell me, if thou
knowest all things?

38:19. Where is the way where light dwelleth, and where is the place of
darkness?

38:20. That thou mayst bring every thing to its own bounds, and
understand the paths of the house thereof.

38:21. Didst thou know then that thou shouldst be born? and didst thou
know the number of thy days?

38:22. Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, or hast thou
beheld the treasures of the hail:

38:23. Which I have prepared for the time of the enemy, against the day
of battle and war?

38:24. By what way is the light spread, and heat divided upon the earth?

38:25. Who gave a course to violent showers, or a way for noisy thunder:

38:26. That it should rain on the earth without man in the wilderness,
where no mortal dwelleth:

38:27. That it should fill the desert and desolate land, and should
bring forth green grass?

38:28. Who is the father of rain? or who begot the drops of dew?

38:29. Out of whose womb came the ice? and the frost from heaven who
hath gendered it?

38:30. The waters are hardened like a stone, and the surface of the deep
is congealed.

38:31. Shalt thou be able to join together the shining stars the
Pleiades, or canst thou stop the turning about of Arcturus?

Pleiades... Hebrew, Cimah. A cluster of seven stars in the constellation
Taurus or the Bull. Arcturus, a bright star in the constellation Bootes.
The Hebrew name Cesil, is variously interpreted; by some, Orion; by
others, the Great Bear is understood.

38:32. Canst thou bring forth the day star in its time, and make the
evening star to rise upon the children of the earth?

38:33. Dost thou know the order of heaven, and canst thou set down the
reason thereof on the earth?

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

38:35. Canst thou send lightnings, and will they go, and will they
return and say to thee: Here we are?

38:36. Who hath put wisdom in the heart of man? or who gave the cock
understanding?

Understanding... That instinct by which he distinguishes the times of
crowing in the night.

38:37. Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the
harmony of heaven to sleep?

38:38. When was the dust poured on the earth, and the clods fastened
together?

38:39. Wilt thou take the prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite
of her whelps,

38:40. When they couch in the dens and lie in wa