en_tn/job/38/25.md

Yahweh continues to challenge Job.

Who has created the channels...

Yahweh uses this question to emphasize that he is the one who does all of these things. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

the floods of rain

"the torrents of rain"

the routes

"the roads" or "the paths"

the outbursts of thunder

"the thunder clap." This is the loud sound of thunder that comes through the air like a wave.

to cause it to rain

Yahweh creates the channels the streams of water so that he can send rain on the land where there are no people. AT: "so that the streams of rain will cause it to rain."

where no person exists

"where there are no people"

in order to meet the needs

"so that the rain can meet the needs"

the barren and lonely regions

"the places that have no plants or animals or people"

the tender grass

grass that is just starting to grow and is still very small and very soft

sprout up

"start growing"