Job 38:22-38

22Have you entered the storehouses 1of the snow, And have you seen the storehouses of the 2hail,23Which I have reserved for a time of distress, For a day of war and battle?24Where is the way that 3the light is divided, And the east wind scattered on the earth?

25“Who has split open a channel for the flood, And a way for the thunderbolt,26To bring 4rain on a land without 5people, On a desert without a person in it,27To 6satisfy the waste and desolate land, And to make the 7seeds of grass to sprout?28Does 8the rain have a father? Or who has fathered the drops of dew?29From whose womb has come the 9ice? And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?30Water 10becomes hard like stone, And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.

31“Can you tie up the chains of the 11Pleiades, Or untie the cords of Orion?32Can you bring out a 12constellation in its season, And guide the Bear with her 13satellites?33Do you know the 14ordinances of the heavens, Or do you establish their rule over the earth?

34“Can you raise your voice to the clouds, So that an 15abundance of water will cover you?35Can you 16send flashes of lightning, so that they may go And say to you, ‘Here we are’?36Who has 17put wisdom in the innermost being, Or given 18understanding to the 19mind?37Who can count the clouds by wisdom, And 20pour out the water jars of the heavens,38When the dust hardens into a mass And the clods stick together?