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# Connecting Statement:
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Yahweh continues to challenge Job.
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# Is it by your wisdom ... for the south?
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Yahweh uses this question to prove that Job is not as great as Yahweh. The implicit answer to this question is "no." Alternate translation: "It is not by your wisdom ... for the south." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# stretches out his wings for the south
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Here the stretching out of his wings refers to flying. Alternate translation: "flies to the south" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# for the south
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In the biblical geography, birds fly south during the winter in order to live in warmer climates.