“Who is this that darkens counsel [questioning my authority and wisdom]
By words without knowledge?
“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell Me, if you know and have understanding.
“Who determined the measurements [of the earth], if you know?
Or who stretched the [measuring] line on it?
“Since your days began, have you ever commanded the morning,
And caused the dawn to know its place,
“The earth is changed like clay into which a seal is pressed;
And the things [of the earth] stand out like a [multi-colored] garment.
“Have you entered and explored the springs of the sea
Or [have you] walked in the recesses of the deep?
“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow,
Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
“Who has prepared a channel for the torrents of rain and for the flood,
Or a path for the thunderbolt,
“Water becomes like stone [and hides itself],
And the surface of the deep is frozen and imprisoned.
“Can you bind the chains of [the cluster of stars called] Pleiades,
Or loose the cords of [the constellation] Orion?
“Do you know the ordinances of the heavens,
Or [can you] establish their rule over the earth?
“Who has put wisdom in the innermost being [of man, or in the layers of clouds]
Or given understanding to the mind [of man, or to the heavenly display]?
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