35 “Can you (A)send forth lightnings that they may go
And say to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 “Who has (B)put wisdom in the innermost being
Or given (C)understanding to the [a]mind?
37 “Who can count the clouds by wisdom,
Or (D)tip the water jars of the heavens,

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Footnotes

  1. 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.