23. It is likewise with the sons of Hagar, who search for the practicality that is of the earth, the negotiators of Merran and Teman, and the storytellers, and the searchers of discretion and intelligence. Yet the way of wisdom they have not known, nor have they called to mind its paths.
24. O Israel, how great is the house of God, and how vast is the place of his possession!
25. It is great and has no end! It is exalted and immense!
26. There were those who were called giants, who existed from the beginning, of great stature, expert in war.
27. The Lord did not choose them, nor did they discover the way of instruction; for this reason they perished,
28. and, because they did not have wisdom, they passed away as a result of their foolishness.
29. Who has gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?