28. Does the rain have a father?Or who fathers the drops of dew?
29. Out of whose womb came the ice?The grey frost of the sky, who has given birth to it?
30. The waters become hard like stone,when the surface of the deep is frozen.
31. “Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades,or loosen the cords of Orion?
32. Can you lead the constellations out in their season?Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?
33. Do you know the laws of the heavens?Can you establish its dominion over the earth?
34. “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,That abundance of waters may cover you?
35. Can you send out lightnings, that they may go?Do they report to you, ‘Here we are?’
36. Who has put wisdom in the inward parts?Or who has given understanding to the mind?
37. Who can count the clouds by wisdom?Or who can pour out the containers of the sky,
38. when the dust runs into a mass,and the clods of earth stick together?
39. “Can you hunt the prey for the lioness,or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
40. when they crouch in their dens,and lie in wait in the thicket?