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36 Who hath put wisdom (in)to the entrails of man, that is, (into his) soul, either who gave understanding to the cock?

37 Who shall tell out the reason of (the) heavens, and who shall make [the] according of heaven to sleep? (Who can count the clouds, and who can empty out all the rain from the heavens?)

38 When dust was founded on the earth, and clots were joined together? (Yea, when the dust is as hard as iron, and clods be joined 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.