35 Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go
    and say to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 Who has (A)put wisdom in (B)the inward parts[a]
    or given understanding to the mind?[b]
37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
    Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:36 Or in the ibis
  2. Job 38:36 Or rooster

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.