Job 38:35-38
The Message
34-35 “Can you get the attention of the clouds,
and commission a shower of rain?
Can you take charge of the lightning bolts
and have them report to you for orders?
What Do You Have to Say for Yourself?
36-38 “Who do you think gave weather-wisdom to the ibis,
and storm-savvy to the rooster?
Does anyone know enough to number all the clouds
or tip over the rain barrels of heaven
When the earth is cracked and dry,
the ground baked hard as a brick?
Job 38:35-38
New International Version
35 Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?(A)
Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 Who gives the ibis wisdom[a](B)
or gives the rooster understanding?[b](C)
37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?
Who can tip over the water jars(D) of the heavens(E)
38 when the dust becomes hard(F)
and the clods of earth stick together?(G)
Job 38:35-38
The Message
34-35 “Can you get the attention of the clouds,
and commission a shower of rain?
Can you take charge of the lightning bolts
and have them report to you for orders?
What Do You Have to Say for Yourself?
36-38 “Who do you think gave weather-wisdom to the ibis,
and storm-savvy to the rooster?
Does anyone know enough to number all the clouds
or tip over the rain barrels of heaven
When the earth is cracked and dry,
the ground baked hard as a brick?
Job 38:35-37
New International Version
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