KJV King James Version
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
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Job 38:37
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens
WEB World English Bible
Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky,
ASV American Standard Version
Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,
Surrounding context — Job 38
34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we [are]?
36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
40 When they couch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the covert to lie in wait?
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Psalm 147:4He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by [their] names.Genesis 9:15And 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.Genesis 8:1And 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 15:5And 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.
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