36 Who put wisdom(A) in the heart[a]
or gave the mind understanding?
37 Who has the wisdom to number the clouds?
Or who can tilt the water jars of heaven
38 when the dust hardens like cast metal
and the clods of dirt stick together?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:36 Or the inner self; Ps 51:6

36 Who has put wisdom in the ibis,[a]
or who has given understanding to the rooster?[b]
37 Who can number the clouds with wisdom?
Or[c] who can tilt heaven’s jars,
38 at the flowing of the dust into a cast
and the clods cling together?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:36 Or “inner parts”
  2. Job 38:36 Or “mind”
  3. Job 38:37 Hebrew “And”