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22 Have you entered the treasuries of the snow,
    or have you seen the treasures of the hail,
23 which I have reserved against the time of trouble,
    against the day of battle and war?
24 By what way is the lightning distributed,
    or the east wind scattered on the earth?

25 Who has cut a channel for the flood water,
    or the path for the thunder storm,
26 to cause it to rain on a land where there is no man,
    on the wilderness, in which there is no man,
27 to satisfy the waste and desolate ground,
    to cause the tender grass to grow?
28 Does the rain have a father?
    Or who fathers the drops of dew?
29 Whose womb did the ice come out of?
    Who has given birth to the gray frost of the sky?
30 The waters become hard like stone,
    when the surface of the deep is frozen.

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

25 “Who has cut a channel for the torrents of rain
    and a way for the thunderbolt,(D)
26 to bring rain on a land where no one lives,
    on the desert, which is empty of human life,(E)
27 to satisfy the waste and desolate land,
    and to make the ground put forth grass?(F)

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

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