2 Esdras 5:38

38 I answered, "Lord and master, no one can do these things, except God, who is not confined to this world.

2 Esdras 5:38 In-Context

36 The angel said to me, "I will answer you if you can do the following things: Tell me how many people are yet to be born; collect scattered raindrops for me; make dead flowers bloom again;

37 open the rooms where the winds are locked up and make them blow for me; show me the picture of a sound. If you can do these things, I will answer your questions about the sufferings of the people of Israel."

38 I answered, "Lord and master, no one can do these things, except God, who is not confined to this world.

39 How can I give you any kind of answer? What do I know?"

40 He continued, "You could not do even one of the things that I asked you to do. How can you expect to understand God's judgments or why God has promised his love to his people?"