en_tn_condensed/job/39/26.md

# Connecting Statement:

Yahweh continues to challenge Job.

# Is it by your wisdom ... for the south?

Yahweh uses this question to prove that Job is not as great as Yahweh. The implicit answer to this question is "no." AT: "It is not by your wisdom ... for the south." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# stretches out his wings for the south

Here the stretching out of his wings refers to flying. AT: "flies to the south" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# for the south

In the biblical geography, birds fly south during the winter in order to live in warmer climates.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wise]]