Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens New Living Translation Who is wise enough to count all the clouds? Who can tilt the water jars of heaven English Standard Version Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens, Berean Standard Bible Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens King James Bible Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, New King James Version Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven, New American Standard Bible “Who can count the clouds by wisdom, And pour out the water jars of the heavens, NASB 1995 “Who can count the clouds by wisdom, Or tip the water jars of the heavens, NASB 1977 “Who can count the clouds by wisdom, Or tip the water jars of the heavens, Legacy Standard Bible Who can count the clouds by wisdom, Or tip the water jars of the heavens, Amplified Bible “Who can count the clouds by [earthly] wisdom, Or pour out the water jars of the heavens, Christian Standard Bible Who has the wisdom to number the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of heaven Holman Christian Standard Bible Who has the wisdom to number the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of heaven American Standard Version Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven, Aramaic Bible in Plain English Who numbered the clouds in his wisdom, and who established the pillars of Heaven? Brenton Septuagint Translation And who is he that numbers the clouds in wisdom, and has bowed the heaven down to the earth? Contemporary English Version Can you count the clouds or pour out their water Douay-Rheims Bible Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep? English Revised Version Who can number the clouds by wisdom? or who can pour out the bottles of heaven, GOD'S WORD® Translation Who is wise enough to count the clouds or pour out the water jars of heaven Good News Translation Who is wise enough to count the clouds and tilt them over to pour out the rain, International Standard Version Who has the wisdom to be able to count the clouds, or to empty the water jars of heaven, JPS Tanakh 1917 Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven, Literal Standard Version Who numbers the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, | Who causes to lie down, Majority Standard Bible Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens New American Bible Who counts the clouds with wisdom? Who tilts the water jars of heaven NET Bible Who by wisdom can count the clouds, and who can tip over the water jars of heaven, New Revised Standard Version Who has the wisdom to number the clouds? Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens, New Heart English Bible Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky, Webster's Bible Translation Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, World English Bible Who can count the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the containers of the sky, Young's Literal Translation Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God Challenges Job…36Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind? 37Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens 38when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?… Cross References Job 9:4 God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered? Job 38:34 Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you? Job 38:38 when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together? Treasury of Scripture Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, number Genesis 15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. Psalm 147:4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. or who Genesis 8:1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged; Genesis 9:15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. stay. Jump to Previous Bottles Cause Clouds Count Earth Heaven Heavens Jars Lie Numbered Numbereth Pour Poureth Sky Tilt Tip Turned Water WisdomJump to Next Bottles Cause Clouds Count Earth Heaven Heavens Jars Lie Numbered Numbereth Pour Poureth Sky Tilt Tip Turned Water WisdomJob 38 1. God challenges Job to answer4. God, by his mighty works, convinces Job of ignorance 31. and weakness (37) Who can stay the bottles of heaven?--This is understood in two opposite senses--of pouring out the bottles or of laying them up in store. It is not easy to decide which is most in accordance with the context, for the context also is somewhat uncertain, according as we interpret the solid mass of thick mud or of hard, dry soil. The survey of physical phenomena ends with this verse.Verse 37. - Who can number the clouds in wisdom? i.e. Who is wise enough to number the clouds, and say how many they are? Or who can stay the bottles of heaven! rather, Who can pour out? (see the Revised Version). The "bottles," or "water-skins," of heaven are the dense clouds heavy with rain, which alternately hold the moisture like a reservoir, and pour it out upon the earth. God alone can determine when the rain shall fall. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Whoמִֽי־ (mî-) Interrogative Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix has the wisdom בְּחָכְמָ֑ה (bə·ḥā·ḵə·māh) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2451: Wisdom to count יְסַפֵּ֣ר (yə·sap·pêr) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5608: To count, recount, relate the clouds? שְׁחָקִ֣ים (šə·ḥā·qîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 7834: A powder, a thin vapor, the firmament Or who מִ֣י (mî) Interrogative Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix can tilt יַשְׁכִּֽיב׃ (yaš·kîḇ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7901: To lie down the water jars וְנִבְלֵ֥י (wə·niḇ·lê) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 5035: A skin-bag for, liquids, a vase, a lyre of the heavens שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky Links Job 38:37 NIVJob 38:37 NLT Job 38:37 ESV Job 38:37 NASB Job 38:37 KJV Job 38:37 BibleApps.com Job 38:37 Biblia Paralela Job 38:37 Chinese Bible Job 38:37 French Bible Job 38:37 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 38:37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom? 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