Job 38:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Who can wisely search out and exactly find the number of the clouds? They are numberless, and filled with water, as the next clause implies. Who can stay the bottles of heaven, to wit, the clouds? in which the rain is kept as in bottles, out of which God poureth it when he sees fit.

Job 38:37

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