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Job 38:35-37
Evangelical Heritage Version

35 Can you unleash the lightning bolts,
so that they come and say to you, “Here we are”?

36 Who has placed wisdom in the human heart
and given understanding to the mind?[a]

37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds
and to empty the water jars of the sky,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:36 The meanings of the words translated heart and mind are unknown. Some interpret them as names of birds, the ibis and rooster. Others interpret them as names of celestial phenomena, meteors or clouds.
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Job 38:35-37
New International Version

35 Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?(A)
    Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 Who gives the ibis wisdom[a](B)
    or gives the rooster understanding?[b](C)
37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?
    Who can tip over the water jars(D) of the heavens(E)

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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.
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