² “Who is this that obscures my plans^(C)
    with words without knowledge?^(D)
3 Brace yourself like a man;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.^(E)

⁴ “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?^(F)
    Tell me, if you understand.^(G)
5 Who marked off its dimensions?^(H) Surely you know!
    Who stretched a measuring line^(I) across it?
⁶ On what were its footings set,^(J)
    or who laid its cornerstone^(K)—
⁷ while the morning stars^(L) sang together^(M)
    and all the angels^[a](N) shouted for joy?^(O)

¹⁶ “Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea
    or walked in the recesses of the deep?^(A)
17 Have the gates of death^(B) been shown to you?
    Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?^(C)

²⁵ Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,
    and a path for the thunderstorm,^(A)
26 to water^(B) a land where no one lives,
    an uninhabited desert,^(C)