Add parallel Print Page Options

Actually, I’m too stupid to be human,
    a man without understanding.
I haven’t learned wisdom,
    nor do I have knowledge of the holy one.

Who has gone up to heaven and come down?
    Who has gathered the wind by the handful?
    Who has bound up the waters in a garment?
    Who has established all the ends of the earth?
    What is this person’s name and the name of this person’s child—
            if you know it?

Read full chapter

Surely I am only a brute, not a man;
    I do not have human understanding.
I have not learned wisdom,
    nor have I attained to the knowledge of the Holy One.(A)
Who has gone up(B) to heaven and come down?
    Whose hands(C) have gathered up the wind?
Who has wrapped up the waters(D) in a cloak?(E)
    Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is his name,(F) and what is the name of his son?
    Surely you know!

Read full chapter