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Job 38:33–37

33 Do you know xthe ordinances of the heavens?

Can you set their dominion over the earth?

34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,

That an abundance of water may cover you?

35 Can you send out lightnings, that they may go,

And say to you, ‘Here we are!’?

36 yWho has put wisdom in 1the mind?

Or who has given understanding to the heart?

37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom?

Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

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Job 38:33–37 — The New International Version (NIV)

33 Do you know the laws of the heavens?

Can you set up God’s dominion over the earth?

34 “Can you raise your voice to the clouds

and cover yourself with a flood of water?

35 Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?

Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?

36 Who gives the ibis wisdom

or gives the rooster understanding?

37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?

Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens

Job 38:33–37 — English Standard Version (ESV)

33 Do you know the ordinances of the heavens?

Can you establish their rule on the earth?

34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,

that a flood of waters may cover you?

35 Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go

and say to you, ‘Here we are’?

36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts

or given understanding to the mind?

37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom?

Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,

Job 38:33–37 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven?

Canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds,

That abundance of waters may cover thee?

35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go,

And say unto thee, Here we are?

36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts?

Or who hath given understanding to the heart?

37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom?

Or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

Job 38:33–37 — New Living Translation (NLT)

33 Do you know the laws of the universe?

Can you use them to regulate the earth?

34 “Can you shout to the clouds

and make it rain?

35 Can you make lightning appear

and cause it to strike as you direct?

36 Who gives intuition to the heart

and instinct to the mind?

37 Who is wise enough to count all the clouds?

Who can tilt the water jars of heaven

Job 38:33–37 — New Century Version (NCV)

33 Do you know the laws of the sky

and understand their rule over the earth?

34 “Can you shout an order to the clouds

and cover yourself with a flood of water?

35 Can you send lightning bolts on their way?

Do they come to you and say, ‘Here we are’?

36 Who put wisdom inside the mind

or understanding in the heart?

37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?

Who can pour water from the jars of the sky

Job 38:33–37 — American Standard Version (ASV)

33 Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens?

Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?

34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds,

That abundance of waters may cover thee?

35 Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go,

And say unto thee, Here we are?

36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts?

Or who hath given understanding to the mind?

37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom?

Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

Job 38:33–37 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

33 Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth? 34 Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee? 35 Dost thou send forth lightnings that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are? 36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind? 37 Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,

Job 38:33–37 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

33 Do you know the laws of the sky 

or make them rule the earth? 

34 Can you call to the clouds 

and have a flood of water cover you? 

35 Can you send lightning flashes so that they may go and say to you, 

‘Here we are’? 

36 Who put wisdom in the heart 

or gave understanding to the mind? 

37 Who is wise enough to count the clouds 

or pour out the water jars of heaven 

Job 38:33–37 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

33 Do you know the laws of heaven?

Can you impose its authority on earth?

34 Can you command the clouds

so that a flood of water covers you?

35 Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go?

Do they report to you: “Here we are”?

36 Who put wisdom in the heart

or gave the mind understanding?

37 Who has the wisdom to number the clouds?

Or who can tilt the water jars of heaven

Job 38:33–37 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

33 Do you know the ordinances of the heavens?

Can you establish their rule on the earth?

34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,

so that a flood of waters may cover you?

35 Can you send forth lightnings, so that they may go

and say to you, ‘Here we are’?

36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts,

or given understanding to the mind?

37 Who has the wisdom to number the clouds?

Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,

Job 38:33–37 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

33 Do you know heaven’s statutes,

or can you establish their rule on the earth?

34 Can you lift up your voice to the clouds

so that a flood of water may cover you?

35 Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go?

And will they say to you, ‘Here we are’?

36 Who has put wisdom in the ibis,

or who has given understanding to the rooster?

37 Who can number the clouds with wisdom?

Or who can tilt heaven’s jars,

Job 38:33–37 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

33 Do you know the laws that govern the heavens?

Can you rule over the earth the way I do?

34 “Can you give orders to the clouds?

Can you make them pour rain down on you?

35 Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?

Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?

36 Who put wisdom in people’s hearts?

Who gave understanding to their minds?

37 Who is wise enough to count the clouds?

Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens?

Job 38:33–37 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

33 “Do you know the ordinances of the heavens,

Or fix their rule over the earth?

34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,

So that an abundance of water will cover you?

35 “Can you send forth lightnings that they may go

And say to you, ‘Here we are’?

36 Who has put wisdom in the innermost being

Or given understanding to the mind?

37 Who can count the clouds by wisdom,

Or tip the water jars of the heavens,


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