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36 “Who makes people wise?
    Who puts wisdom deep inside them?
37 Who is wise enough to count the clouds
    and tip them over to pour out their rain?
38 The rain makes the dust become mud,
    and the clumps of dirt stick together.

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36 Who gives the ibis wisdom[a](A)
    or gives the rooster understanding?[b](B)
37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?
    Who can tip over the water jars(C) of the heavens(D)
38 when the dust becomes hard(E)
    and the clods of earth stick together?(F)

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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.