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Job 38:36

WisdomCreationGod's power and sovereignty

34 Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?

35 Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?

Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?

37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens

38 when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?

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Compare

BSB
Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?
KJV
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
WEB
Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?
ASV
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?
DARBY
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind?
BLB
Who has put wisdom in the inner parts? Or who has given to the heart understanding?
ÅB
Hvem har lagt visdom i de mørke skyer, eller hvem har lagt forstand i luftsynet?
OTB
Hvem har lagt visdom i hjertet,
eller gitt forstand til sinnet?
B1930
Hvem har lagt visdom i de mørke skyer, eller hvem har lagt forstand i luftsynet?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 32:8

    But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.

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  • Psalms 51:6

    Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

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  • Proverbs 2:6

    For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

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  • Ecclesiastes 2:26

    To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

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  • James 1:5

    Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

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  • Exodus 31:3

    And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,

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  • Job 9:4

    God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?

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  • James 1:17

    Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

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