29. From whose womb did the ice come forth,and who has given birth to the frost of heaven?
30. The waters become hard like stone,and the face of the deep is frozen.
31. “Can you bind the chains of the Pleiadesor loose the cords of Orion?
32. Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season,or can you guide the Bear with its children?
33. Do you know the ordinances of the heavens?Can you establish their rule on the earth?
34. “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,that a flood of waters may cover you?
35. Can you send forth lightnings, that they may goand say to you, ‘Here we are’?
36. Who has put wisdom in the inward partsor given understanding to the mind?
37. Who can number the clouds by wisdom?Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,
38. when the dust runs into a massand the clods stick fast together?
39. “Can you hunt the prey for the lion,or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
40. when they crouch in their densor lie in wait in their thicket?