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Yahweh continues to challenge Job.
Who has put wisdom...tightly together
Yahweh uses these question to emphasize that he has control of the clouds and that Job does not. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
has put wisdom in the clouds
"has given wisdom to the clouds." Yahweh describes the clouds as though they were people and gives them wisdom so that they know what to do. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)
Who can number the clouds by his skill
This phrase means: "Who can wisely control how many thin clouds are in the sky." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
the water skins
skins that people sewed together so that they could hold water. Yahweh refers to the thick clouds as "waters skin" because they hold a lot of water just like water skins. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
when the dust runs into a hard mass
"when the rain molds the dirt together into one piece." The rain makes the loose dry dirt stick together like one piece of dirt. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
the clods of earth clump tightly together
"the chunks of dirt stick together"