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Job 38:37

Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

KJV

Quis enarrabit cælorum rationem ? et concentum cæli quis dormire faciet ?

Vulgate

τίς δὲ ὁ ἀριθμῶν νέφη σοφίᾳ, οὐρανὸν δὲ εἰς γῆν ἔκλινεν;

LXX

Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

ASV

מִֽי יְסַפֵּ֣ר שְׁחָקִ֣ים בְּ/חָכְמָ֑ה וְ/נִבְלֵ֥י שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם מִ֣י יַשְׁכִּֽיב

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

חָכְמָ֑ה
chkmh
noun · 148×
יִּשְׁכַּ֤ב
yshkb
verb · 211×
מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
נְבָלִ֖ים
nblym
noun · 38×
סֹּפֵ֔ר
spr
verb · 161×
שְׁחָקִֽים
shchqym
noun · 21×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Gen 8:1 — And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
  • Gen 8:2 — The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
  • Gen 9:15 — And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
  • Gen 15:5 — And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
  • Jer 5:24 — Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
  • Job 26:8 — He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
  • Job 37:13 — He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
  • Ps 104:13 — He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
  • Ps 147:4 — He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.