So Yahweh said to Satan, "From where have you come?" Then Satan answered Yahweh and said, "From roaming on the earth and from walking about in it."

So Yahweh {asked} Satan, "From where have you come?" And Satan answered Yahweh and said, "From roaming on the earth and from walking about in it."

"{Think} now, who has perished [who is] innocent? Or where [are] the upright destroyed?

Can papyrus grow tall where [there is] not a marsh? Will reeds flourish without water?

"But a man dies, and he dwindles away; thus a human being passes away, and where is he?

"He is wandering for bread, [saying], 'Where [is it]?' He knows that a day of darkness [is] ready {at hand}.

where then [is] my hope? And {who will see my hope}?

he will perish forever like his dung; [those who] have seen him will say, 'Where [is] he?'

For you say, 'Where is the nobleman's house, and where [are] {the tents in which the wicked dwell}?'

He breaks open a mine shaft {away from where people dwell}; [those] who are forgotten {by travelers}, they dangle, they sway [far away] from human beings.

"But from where will wisdom be found? And {where in the world} [is the] place of understanding?

Indeed, from where does wisdom come? And {where in the world} [is the] place of understanding?

There is no darkness, and there is no deep shadow where instigators of mischief might hide themselves.

He strikes them {where the wicked stood}, {where there are onlookers},

But no one says, 'Where [is] God my Maker, [who] gives songs in the night,

And what's more, he allured you {out of distress} [into] a broad place, [where] in place of it [was] no constraint; and [what] was set on your table is full of fatness.

"Where were you at my laying the foundation of [the] earth? Tell [me], if you possess understanding.

"Where then [is] the way [where] [the] light dwells? And where then [is] its place,

Where then [is] the way [where] [the] light is distributed, [where] he scatters [the] east wind upon [the] earth?

to bring rain on a land {where no one lives}, a desert {where no humans live},

And its young ones lick blood greedily, and where [the] dead carcasses [are], there they [are]."

Look at all [the] proud, humble them, and tread down [the] wicked {where they stand}.