18. Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all.
19. Where is the way to the habitation of the light, and where is the place of the darkness?/p>
20. If thou shalt take it in its borders, and if thou should understand the paths to its house?
21. If thou didst know when thou wast to be born or if the number of thy days was to be great?
22. Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
23. which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
24. By what way is the light divided; from where is the east wind scattered upon the earth?
25. Who has divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters or a way for the lightning of thunder,
26. to cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, in which there is no man;
27. to satisfy the desolate and waste ground and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
28. Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of the dew?
29. Out of whose womb came the ice, and the hoary frost of heaven, who has begotten it?
30. The waters harden as stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
31. Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
32. Canst thou bring forth the signs of the heavens in their season, or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
33. Dost thou know the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou use its power in the earth?
34. Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
35. Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?
36. Who put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who gave intelligence to understanding?
37. Who declared the heavens in wisdom? Or who can stay the bottles of heaven