19. "Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place,
20. That you may take it to its territory And that you may discern the paths to its home?
21. "You know, for you were born then, And the number of your days is great!
22. "Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
23. Which I have reserved for the time of distress, For the day of war and battle?
24. "Where is the way that the light is divided, Or the east wind scattered on the earth?
25. "Who has cleft a channel for the flood, Or a way for the thunderbolt,
26. To bring rain on a land without people, On a desert without a man in it,
27. To satisfy the waste and desolate land And to make the seeds of grass to sprout?
28. "Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
29. "From whose womb has come the ice? And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?
30. "Water becomes hard like stone, And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.
31. "Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, Or loose the cords of Orion?
32. "Can you lead forth a constellation in its season, And guide the Bear with her satellites?
33. "Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or fix their rule over the earth?
34. "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, So that an abundance of water will cover you?
35. "Can you send forth lightnings that they may go And say to you, 'Here we are'?