6 On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone, 7 while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 8 Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
Job 38:6–8
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Job 38:24–26
24 In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth? 25 Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt, 26 to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,
Odes of Solomon 26:10–12
10 Or who can rest on the Most High, so that with His mouth he may speak? (ODE) 11 Who is able to interpret the wonders of the Lord? (ODE) 12 For he who could interpret would be dissolved and would become that which is interpreted. (ODE)
Proverbs 8:27–29
27 I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep, 28 when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth, 29 when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His comm…
Job 38:11–13
11 and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’? 12 In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place, 13 that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?
Job 15:6–8
6 Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you. 7 Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills? 8 Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?
Job 28:19–21
19 Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold. 20 From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell? 21 It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
Job 38:28–30
28 Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew? 29 From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven, 30 when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?
Job 38:18–20
18 Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. 19 Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides, 20 so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?
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