Job 38:37

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

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

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?

39 Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens
KJV
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
WEB
Who can count the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the containers of the sky,
ASV
Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
DARBY
Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,
BLB
Who can count the clouds by wisdom? Or the water skins of the heavens, who can tilt,
ÅB
Hvem teller skyene med visdom, og himmelens vannsekker - hvem heller vannet ut av dem,
OTB
Hvem kan telle skyene med visdom,
eller helle ut himmelens vannkrukker
B1930
Hvem teller skyene med visdom, og himmelens vannsekker - hvem heller vannet ut av dem,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 147:4

    He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.

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  • Genesis 9:15

    I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.

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  • Genesis 8:1

    But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.

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  • Genesis 15:5

    And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”

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