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36 Who gives wisdom to the ibis,
    and gives the rooster[a] understanding?
37 Who counts the clouds with wisdom?
    Who tilts the water jars of heaven
38 So that the dust of earth is fused into a mass
    and its clods stick together?

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  1. 38:36 Ibis…rooster: the translation is uncertain.

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.