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22 Have you entered the storehouses (A)of the snow,
Or have you seen the storehouses of the (B)hail,
23 Which I have reserved for the time of distress,
For the day of war and battle?
24 Where is the way that (C)the light is divided,
Or the east wind scattered on the earth?

25 “Who has cleft a conduit for the flood,
Or a way for the thunderbolt,
26 To bring (D)rain on a land without [a]people,
On a desert without a man in it,
27 To (E)satisfy the waste and desolate land
And to make the growth of grass to sprout?
28 Has (F)the rain a father?
Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
29 From whose womb has come the (G)ice?
And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?
30 Water [b]becomes hard like stone,
And the surface of the deep [c]is interlocked.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:26 Lit man
  2. Job 38:30 Lit hides itself
  3. Job 38:30 Or is frozen

22 “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow(A)
    or seen the storehouses(B) of the hail,(C)
23 which I reserve for times of trouble,(D)
    for days of war and battle?(E)
24 What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed,(F)
    or the place where the east winds(G) are scattered over the earth?(H)
25 Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,
    and a path for the thunderstorm,(I)
26 to water(J) a land where no one lives,
    an uninhabited desert,(K)
27 to satisfy a desolate wasteland
    and make it sprout with grass?(L)
28 Does the rain have a father?(M)
    Who fathers the drops of dew?
29 From whose womb comes the ice?
    Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens(N)
30 when the waters become hard as stone,
    when the surface of the deep is frozen?(O)

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