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Job 38:37–38

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37Who can number the clouds by wisdom?

Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,

38when the dust runs into a mass

and athe clods stick fast together?

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Cross references

  1. ach. 21:33

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?

Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens

when the dust becomes hard

and the clods of earth stick together?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Who has the wisdom to number the clouds?

Or who can tilt the water jars of heaven

when the dust hardens like cast metal

and the clods of dirt stick together?

NLTNew Living Translation

Who is wise enough to count all the clouds?

Who can tilt the water jars of heaven

when the parched ground is dry

and the soil has hardened into clods?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Who can number the clouds with wisdom?

Or who can tilt heaven’s jars,

at the flowing of the dust into a cast

and the clods cling together?

KJV 1900King James Version

Who can number the clouds in wisdom?

Or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

When the dust groweth into hardness,

And the clods cleave fast together?