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)
18 Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?(D)
    Tell me, if you know all this.(E)

19 “What is the way to the abode of light?
    And where does darkness reside?(F)
20 Can you take them to their places?
    Do you know the paths(G) to their dwellings?
21 Surely you know, for you were already born!(H)
    You have lived so many years!

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16 “Have you been to the source of the sea
    and walked about in the recesses of the deepest ocean?
17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you?
    Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?
18 Do you understand the breadth of the earth?
    Tell me, since you know it all!

19 “Where is the road to where the light lives?
    Or where does the darkness live?
20 Can you take it to its homeland,
    since you know the path to his house?
21 You should know! After all, you had been born back then,
    so the number of your days is great!

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