Job 38:38

38 I tip them over when the ground becomes hard. I do it when the dirt sticks together.

Job 38:38 Meaning and Commentary

Job 38:38

When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast
together?
] When the dust is attenuated, and ground, as it were, into powder; and the clods cleave together, as if glued, as in a drought for want of rain: or the bottles of heaven being unstopped and poured out; or

``sprinkling the dust with this sprinkling,''

as Mr. Broughton. Or rather, pouring on the dust with pouring; that is, pouring down rain, by unstopping the bottles of heaven. The dust, as meal, by water poured into it, cements, unites, and is compacted, and becomes earth, that may be cultivated; is clodded and cleaves together, and may be ploughed and sown.

Job 38:38 In-Context

36 Who put wisdom in people's hearts? Who gave understanding to their minds?

37 Who is wise enough to count the clouds? Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens?

38 I tip them over when the ground becomes hard. I do it when the dirt sticks together.

39 "Do you hunt for food for mother lions? Do you satisfy the hunger of their cubs?

40 Some of them lie low in their dens. Others lie waiting in the bushes.