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25 "Who has cut a channel for the torrents of rain, and a way for the thunderbolt,
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Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain, and a path for the thunderstorm,
26 to bring rain on a land where no one lives, on the desert, which is empty of human life,
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to water a land where no one lives, an uninhabited desert,
27 to satisfy the waste and desolate land, and to make the ground put forth grass?
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to satisfy a desolate wasteland and make it sprout with grass?
28 "Has the rain a father, or who has begotten the drops of dew?
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Does the rain have a father? Who fathers the drops of dew?
29 From whose womb did the ice come forth, and who has given birth to the hoarfrost of heaven?
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From whose womb comes the ice? Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens
30 The waters become hard like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
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when the waters become hard as stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen?
31 "Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the cords of Orion?
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“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades? Can you loosen Orion’s belt?
32 Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season, or can you guide the Bear with its children?
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Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasonsor lead out the Bear with its cubs?
33 Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth?
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Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set up God’s dominion over the earth?
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