Job 38:37
What does Job 38:37 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 38:37 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
KJV
King James Version · 1611Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 8:1
And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;
- Genesis 15:5
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
- 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.
- Psalms 147:4
He counteth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by their names.
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