17 Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of  death-shade dost thou see?
         
                                
                        18 Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of  earth! Declare -- if thou hast known it all.
         
                                
                        19 Where [is] this -- the way light dwelleth? And darkness,  where [is] this -- its place?
         
                                
                        20 That thou dost take it unto its boundary, And that thou  dost understand The paths of its house.
         
                                
                        21 Thou hast known -- for then thou art born And the number  of thy days [are] many!
         
                                
                        22 Hast thou come in unto the treasure of snow? Yea, the  treasures of hail dost thou see?
         
                                
                        23 That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of  conflict and battle.