² “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?^(B)
3 Gird up your loins like a man;
    I will question you, and you shall declare to me.^(C)

⁴ “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
    Tell me, if you have understanding.^(D)
5 Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
    Or who stretched the line upon it?
⁶ On what were its bases sunk,
    or who laid its cornerstone^(E)
7 when the morning stars sang together
    and all the heavenly beings^[a] shouted for joy?^(F)

³⁴ “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
    so that a flood of waters may cover you?^(A)
35 Can you send forth lightnings, so that they may go
    and say to you, ‘Here we are’?^(B)
36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts^[a]
    or given understanding to the mind?^[b](C)