Job 38:36

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Who has put wisdom in the high clouds, or given knowledge to the lights of the north?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 32:8 : 8 But truly it is the spirit in man, even the breath of the Ruler of all, which gives them knowledge.
  • Ps 51:6 : 6 Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.
  • Eccl 2:26 : 26 To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
  • Isa 28:26 : 26 For his God is his teacher, giving him the knowledge of these things.
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him.
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.
  • Prov 2:6 : 6 For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:
  • Exod 31:3 : 3 And I have given him the spirit of God and made him wise and full of knowledge and expert in every sort of handwork,
  • Exod 36:1-2 : 1 So let Bezalel and Oholiab get to work, with every wise-hearted man to whom the Lord has given wisdom and knowledge, to do whatever is necessary for the ordering of the holy place, as the Lord has given orders. 2 Then Moses sent for Bezalel and Oholiab, and for all the wise-hearted men to whom the Lord had given wisdom, even everyone who was moved by the impulse of his heart to come and take part in the work:
  • Job 9:4 : 4 He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?

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    20 From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

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  • Job 38:33-35
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    33 Have you knowledge of the laws of the heavens? did you give them rule over the earth?

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    3 Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

  • Prov 2:6
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    6 For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:

  • Rom 11:34
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    34 Who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord? or who has taken part in his purposes?

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    2 Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge?

  • Prov 14:33
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    33 Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

  • Isa 40:13-14
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    13 By whom has the spirit of the Lord been guided, or who has been his teacher?

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  • Job 26:3-4
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    3 How have you given teaching to him who has no wisdom, and fully made clear true knowledge!

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    4 Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge.

    5 By whom were its measures fixed? Say, if you have wisdom; or by whom was the line stretched out over it?

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    13 With him there is wisdom and strength; power and knowledge are his.

  • Job 15:8-9
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    8 Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself?

    9 What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?

  • Ps 51:6
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    6 Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.

  • Job 38:18-20
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    18 Have you taken note of the wide limits of the earth? Say, if you have knowledge of it all.

    19 Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;

    20 So that you might take it to its limit, guiding it to its house?

  • Job 38:16
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    16 Have you come into the springs of the sea, walking in the secret places of the deep?

  • Job 35:11
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    11 Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?

  • Job 37:16
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    16 Have you knowledge of the balancings of the clouds, the wonders of him who has all wisdom?

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    4 He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?

  • Job 36:23
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    23 Who ever gave orders to him, or said to him, You have done wrong?

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    13 Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world?

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    34 Men of knowledge, and all wise men, hearing me, will say,

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    8 But truly it is the spirit in man, even the breath of the Ruler of all, which gives them knowledge.

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    24 Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?

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    3 From my mouth will come words of wisdom; and in the thoughts of my heart will be knowledge.

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    14 Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.

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    29 And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent?

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    16 If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words.

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    12 I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes.