3. Prepare yourself for an attack! Get ready to answer the questions I will ask you.
4. “Where were you when I made the earth? If you are so smart, answer me.
5. And who decided how big the earth should be? Who measured it with a measuring line?
6. What is the earth resting on? Who put the first stone in its place
7. when the morning stars sang together and the angels shouted with joy?
8. “Who closed the flood gates as the sea gushed from the womb?
9. Who covered it with clouds and wrapped it in darkness?
10. I set the limits for the sea and put it behind locked gates.
11. I said to the sea, ‘You can come this far, but no farther. This is where your proud waves will stop.’
12. “Did you ever in your life command the morning to begin or the day to dawn?
13. Did you ever tell the morning light to grab the earth and shake those who are evil out of their hiding places?
14. The morning light makes the hills and valleys easy to see. When the daylight comes to the earth, the shapes of these places stand out like the folds of a coat. They take shape like soft clay that is pressed with a stamp.
15. Evil people don’t like the daylight. When it shines bright, it keeps them from doing the bad things they do.
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?