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34 “Can you shout an order to the clouds
    and cover yourself with a flood of water?
35 Can you send lightning bolts on their way?
    Do they come to you and say, ‘Here we are’?
36 Who put wisdom inside the mind
    or understanding in the heart?

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34 “Can you raise your voice to the clouds
    and cover yourself with a flood of water?(A)
35 Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?(B)
    Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 Who gives the ibis wisdom[a](C)
    or gives the rooster understanding?[b](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:36 That is, wisdom about the flooding of the Nile
  2. Job 38:36 That is, understanding of when to crow; the meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.