9. Whirlwinds come from the south. The cold winds come from the north.
10. God’s breath makes ice and freezes even large bodies of water.
11. He fills the clouds with water and scatters his lightning through them.
12. He orders the clouds to be blown all around the earth. The clouds do whatever he commands.
13. He causes the clouds to punish people with floods or to water his earth and show his love.
14. “Job, stop for a minute and listen. Think about the wonderful things God does.
15. Do you know how God controls the clouds? Do you know how he makes his lightning flash?
16. Do you know how the clouds hang in the sky? This is just one of the amazing works of the one who knows everything.
17. All you know is that you sweat, your clothes stick to you, and all is still and quiet when the heat wave comes from the south.
18. Can you help God spread out the sky and make it shine like polished brass?
19. “Job, tell us what we should say to God! We cannot think of what to say because of our ignorance.
20. I would not tell God that I wanted to talk to him. That would be like asking to be destroyed.
21. A person cannot look at the sun. It is too bright as it shines in the sky after the wind blows the clouds away.