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35 Can you send lightning bolts on their way?
    Do the flashes of lightning report to you and say, ‘Here we are’?
36 Who put wisdom inside the mind?
    Or who put understanding in the heart?
37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?
    Who can pour water from the jars of heaven?

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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.