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Job 37:16

Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?

KJV

Numquid nosti semitas nubium magnas, et perfectas scientias ?

Vulgate

ἐπίσταται δὲ διάκρισιν νεφῶν, ἐξαίσια δὲ πτώματα πονηρῶν.

LXX

Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, The wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

ASV

הֲ֭/תֵדַע עַל מִפְלְשֵׂי עָ֑ב מִ֝פְלְא֗וֹת תְּמִ֣ים דֵּעִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

י
y
noun · 5×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
מִ֝פְלְא֗וֹת
mpl'vt
noun · 1×
מִפְלְשֵׂי
mplshy
noun · 1×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עָ֑ב
'b
noun · 32×
תְּמִימִֽם
tmymm
adjective · 90×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 40:22 — It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
  • Jer 10:12 — He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
  • Job 36:4 — For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
  • Job 36:4 — For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
  • Job 36:29 — Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
  • Job 36:29 — Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
  • John 3:8 — The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
  • Prov 3:19 — The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.