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Job 38:34

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee?

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine)
Numquid elevabis in nebula vocem tuam, et impetus aquarum operiet te ?
Septuagint (Swete)
καλέσεις δὲ νέφος φωνῇ, καὶ τρόμῳ ὕδατος λάβρῳ ὑπακούσεταί σου;
Hebrew (WLC)
הֲתָרִ֣ים לָעָ֣ב קוֹלֶ֑ךָ וְֽשִׁפְעַת מַ֥יִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ

Haydock's commentary

Voice, to mimic the thunder of God, (Calmet) or to order it to rain. (Haydock)

From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.