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The Book of Job, Chapter 38, Verse 14

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That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
King James Version
It is turned as clay [to] the seal; and they stand as a garment.
American Standard Version
It is changed as clay under the seal; And [all things] stand forth as a garment:
New English Translation
The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its features are dyed like a garment.
World English Bible
It is changed as clay under the seal, and stands forth as a garment.
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And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
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Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
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Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
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Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
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Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof,
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That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] the house thereof?
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Knowest thou [it], because thou wast then born? or [because] the number of thy days [is] great?
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Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
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Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
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By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth the east wind upon the earth?