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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22 Have you entered the place where the snow is stored?
Or have you seen the storehouses of hail,(A)
23 which I hold in reserve for times of trouble,
for the day of warfare and battle?(B)
24 What road leads to the place where light is dispersed?[a]
Where is the source of the east wind that spreads across the earth?

25 Who cuts a channel for the flooding rain
or clears the way for lightning,
26 to bring rain on an uninhabited land,
on a desert with no human life,[b]
27 to satisfy the parched wasteland
and cause the grass to sprout?(C)
28 Does the rain have a father?
Who fathered the drops of dew?(D)
29 Whose womb did the ice come from?
Who gave birth to the frost of heaven
30 when water becomes as hard as stone,[c]
and the surface of the watery depths is frozen?(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 38:24 Or where lightning is distributed
  2. 38:26 Lit no man in it
  3. 38:30 Lit water hides itself as the stone