you whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind?
How thy garments are warm, When he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
[Or] why your garments are hot when He quiets the earth [in sultry summer] with the [oppressive] south wind?
How thy garments are warm, When the earth is still by reason of the south wind?
you whose clothes are hot when earth is calmed by the south wind?
Are not your garments hot, when the south wind blows across the land?
Are not thy garments hot when the south wind blows upon the earth?
Do you know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of the one whose knowledge is perfect,
Can you, like him, spread out the skies, hard as a molten mirror?
“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the cords of Orion?
In time of heat they disappear; when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
He sends out his word, and melts them; he makes his wind blow, and the waters flow.
And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat’; and it happens.