Job 38:24-38

English Standard Version

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

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

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

³⁴ “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
    that ^(M)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 ^(N)put wisdom in ^(O)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 ^(P)the clods stick fast together?