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It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

In the secret council of GOD, hast thou been wont to hearken? Or canst thou attain for thyself unto wisdom?

Why doth thine heart make thee so proud? Why standest thou so greatly in thine own conceit? Where unto look thine eyes,

Suffer me, that, I, may speak, and, after I have spoken, thou canst mock!

Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

Behold, ye stand in your own conceit, as though ye knew all things. Wherefore then do ye go about with such vain words,

If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.

For else the men of understanding and wisdom, that have heard me, might say: 'What canst thou speak?'

If thou sinnest, what canst thou work against him? Or, if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him?

If thou art righteous, what canst thou give unto him? Or what, at thy hand, can he accept?

Canst thou got to know of GOD'S giving charge over them, or of the causing of the lightning of his cloud to shine forth?

Canst thou get to know concerning the poisings of the thick cloud, the wonders of one who is perfect in knowledge?

Canst thou with him spread out the sky, Which is strong as a molten mirror?


“Men therefore fear Him;
He does not regard nor respect any who are wise in heart [in their own understanding and conceit].”

that thou mayest bring us unto their quarters, if thou canst tell the way to their houses.

Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?