# Do you know how God establishes the clouds and makes the lightning bolts to flash in them? Elihu asks this question to emphasize that Job cannot know this. AT: "You cannot understand how God establishes the clouds and makes the lightning bolts to flash in them." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]]) # establishes the clouds "controls the clouds" or "makes the clouds obey him"