15. Light is not given to evil people;their arm is raised to do harm, but it is broken.
16. “Have you ever gone to where the sea beginsor walked in the valleys under the sea?
17. Have the gates of death been opened to you?Have you seen the gates of the deep darkness?
18. Do you understand how wide the earth is?Tell me, if you know all these things.
19. “What is the path to light’s home,and where does darkness live?
20. Can you take them to their places?Do you know the way to their homes?
21. Surely you know, if you were already born when all this happened!Have you lived that many years?
22. “Have you ever gone into the storehouse of the snowor seen the storehouses for hail,
23. which I save for times of trouble,for days of war and battle?
24. Where is the place from which light comes?Where is the place from which the east winds blow over the earth?