Job 38:22-41

English Standard Version

²² “Have you entered ^(A)the storehouses of the snow,
    or have you seen ^(B)the storehouses of the hail,
²³ which I have reserved ^(C)for the time of trouble,
    ^(D)for the day of battle and war?
²⁴ What is the way to the place where the light is distributed,
    or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?

²⁵ “Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain
    and ^(E)a way for the thunderbolt,
²⁶ to bring rain on ^(F)a land where no man is,
    on ^(G)the desert in which there is no man,
²⁷ to satisfy the waste and desolate land,
    and to make the ground sprout with ^(H)grass?

²⁸ “Has ^(I)the rain a father,
    or who has begotten the drops of dew?
²⁹ From whose womb did ^(J)the ice come forth,
    and who has given birth to ^(K)the frost of heaven?
³⁰ The waters become hard like stone,
    and the face of the deep is ^(L)frozen.

³¹ “Can you bind the chains of ^(M)the Pleiades
    or loose the cords of ^(N)Orion?
³² Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth^[a] in their season,
    or can you guide ^(O)the Bear with its children?
³³ Do you know ^(P)the ordinances of the heavens?
    Can you establish their rule on the earth?

³⁴ “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
    that ^(Q)a flood of waters may cover you?
³⁵ Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go
    and say to you, ‘Here we are’?
³⁶ Who has ^(R)put wisdom in ^(S)the inward parts^[b]
    or given understanding to the mind?^[c]
37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
    Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,
³⁸ when the dust runs into a mass
    and ^(T)the clods stick fast together?

³⁹ “Can you hunt the prey for the lion,
    or ^(U)satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
⁴⁰ when they crouch in their ^(V)dens
    or lie in wait ^(W)in their thicket?
⁴¹ Who provides for ^(X)the raven its prey,
    when its young ones cry to God for help,
    and wander about for lack of food?