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36 Who has put wisdom in the clouds,[a]
    or given understanding to the mists?[b]
37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
    Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,
38 when the dust runs into a mass
    and the clods cleave fast together?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:36 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
  2. Job 38:36 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

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.