New Century Version

Job 38:28-41 New Century Version (NCV)

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 Pleiadesor loosen the ropes of the stars in Orion?

32. Can you bring out the stars on timeor lead out the stars of the Bear with its cubs?

33. Do you know the laws of the skyand understand their rule over the earth?

34. “Can you shout an order to the cloudsand 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 mindor understanding in the heart?

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

38. when the dust becomes hardand the clumps of dirt stick together?

39. “Do you hunt food for the female lionto satisfy the hunger of the young lions

40. while they lie in their densor hide in the bushes waiting to attack?

41. Who gives food to the birdswhen their young cry out to Godand wander about without food?