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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,
38 when the dust turns into hard clumps
    and the clods stick together?

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Footnotes

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

36 Who hath put wisdom in the [a]inward parts?
Or who hath given understanding to the [b]mind?
37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
Or who can [c]pour out the bottles of heaven,
38 When the dust runneth into a mass,
And the clods cleave fast together?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:36 Or, dark clouds
  2. Job 38:36 Or, meteor
  3. Job 38:37 Hebrew cause to lie down.