Job 38:20-30

20 that thou shouldest take it to the boundary thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born, or because the number of thy days is great?

22 "Hast thou entered into the treasure house of the snow, or hast thou seen the treasure house 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 light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder,

26 to cause it to rain on the earth where no man is, on the wilderness wherein there is no man;

27 to satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

28 "Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

29 Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath engendered it?

30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

Job 38:20-30 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 38

In this chapter the Lord takes up the controversy with Job; calls upon him to prepare to engage with him in it, and demands an answer to posing questions he puts to him, concerning the earth and the fabric of it, Job 38:1-7; concerning the sea, compared to an infant in embryo, at its birth, in its swaddling bands and cradle, Job 38:8-11; concerning the morning light, its spread and influence, Job 38:12-15; concerning the springs of the sea, the dark parts of the earth, the place both of light and darkness, Job 38:16-21; concerning the various meteors, snow, hail, rain, thunder, lightning, and the influences of the stars, Job 38:22-38; and concerning provision for lions and ravens, Job 38:40,41.