# can anyone understand the extensive spread of the clouds and the thunder from his hut?

Elihu asks this rhetorical question to emphasize that no one can do these things. AT: "no one can understand the extensive spread of the clouds and the thunder from his hut." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# the extensive spread of the clouds

The phrase "the extensive spread" can be translated with a verbal phrase. AT: "how the clouds spread across the sky" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])

# from his hut

Elihu speaks of the sky as if it were a "hut" in which God lives. AT: "from the sky, where God lives" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])