When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
Groweth ... - rather, pours itself into a mass by the rain, like molten metal; then translate Job 38:38 'Who is it that empties, etc., when,' etc.? The English version, however, is tenable: 'Is caked into a mass' by heat, like molten metal, before the rain falls;' 'Who is it that can empty the rain vessels, and bring down rain at such a time?' (Job 38:38.)