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 · 2000

Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,

Context

v.36Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?

v.37This passage

v.38When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?

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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