16. “Have you ever gone to the deepest parts of the sea? Have you ever walked on the ocean bottom?
17. Has anyone shown you the gates to the world of the dead? Have you ever seen those gates that lead to the dark place of death?
18. Do you really understand how big the earth is? Tell me, if you know all this.
19. “Where does light come from? Where does darkness come from?
20. Can you take them back to where they belong? Do you know how to get there?
21. Surely you know these things, since you are so old and wise. You were alive when I made them, weren’t you?
22. “Have you ever gone into the storerooms where I keep the snow and the hail?
23. I save them there for times of trouble, for the times of war and battle.
24. Have you ever gone to the place where the sun comes up, where it makes the east wind blow all over the earth?
25. Who dug ditches in the sky for the heavy rain? Who made a path for the thunderstorm?
26. Who makes it rain even in desert places where no one lives?
27. The rain gives that dry empty land all the water it needs, and grass begins to grow.