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35 Can you send lightning that they may go forth
    and say to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts,
    or who has given understanding to the heart?[a]
37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
    Or who can empty out the bottles of heaven,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:36 The Heb. may refer to celestial bodies.

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)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:36 That is, wisdom about the flooding of the Nile
  2. Job 38:36 That is, understanding of when to crow; the meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.