Job 38:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Who can stay the bottles of heaven? — This is understood in two opposite senses — of pouring out the bottles or of laying them up in store. It is not easy to decide which is most in accordance with the context, for the context also is somewhat uncertain, according as we interpret the solid mass of thick mud or of hard, dry soil. The survey of physical phenomena ends with this verse.

Job 38:37

37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stayh the bottles of heaven,