Job 38:27-37

27 Who sends rain to satisfy the empty land so the grass begins to grow?

28 Does the rain have a father? Who is father to the drops of dew?

29 Who is the mother of the ice? Who gives birth to the frost from the sky

30 when the water becomes hard as stone, and even the surface of the ocean is frozen?

31 "Can you tie up the stars of the Pleiades or loosen the ropes of the stars in Orion?

32 Can you bring out the stars on time or lead out the stars of the Bear with its cubs?

33 Do you know the laws of the sky and understand their rule over the earth?

34 "Can you shout an order to the clouds and cover yourself with a flood of water?

35 Can you send lightning bolts on their way? Do they come to you and say, 'Here we are'?

36 Who put wisdom inside the mind or understanding in the heart?

37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Who can pour water from the jars of the sky

Job 38:27-37 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.