Thomas Aquinas, on Job 38:35

“Canst thou send lightnings, and will they go, and will they return and say to thee: Here we are?”

“He next speaks about the lightning saying, "Will you send the lightning?", that is, will their motion be by your power? "And will it go forth," as though obedient to your command? The movement of the lightning often rebounds from one place to another, and he shows this saying, "and upon its return will it say to you: Here we are?", as though on their return they indicate they are prepared to obey again the divine command, and so go forth again to another place. He relates all these things to show that man cannot attain either divine wisdom or divine power.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.