Job 38:37

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 8:1 : 1 ¶ And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that [was] with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
  • Gen 9:15 : 15 And I will remember my covenant, which [is] between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
  • Gen 15:5 : 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
  • Ps 147:4 : 4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by [their] names.

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    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?

  • Job 37:15-16
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    15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

    16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?

  • Job 36:26-29
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    26 Behold, God [is] great, and we know [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

    27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:

    28 Which the clouds do drop [and] distil upon man abundantly.

    29 Also can [any] understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the noise of his tabernacle?

  • 38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

  • Job 38:24-26
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    24 By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

    25 ¶ Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

    26 To cause it to rain on the earth, [where] no man [is; on] the wilderness, wherein [there is] no man;

  • Job 38:28-29
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    28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

    29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

  • 11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

  • 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

  • 2 Who [is] this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

  • 4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what [is] his name, and what [is] his son's name, if thou canst tell?

  • 22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

  • 12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where [is] the place of understanding?

  • 18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, [which is] strong, [and] as a molten looking glass?

  • Job 37:5-6
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    5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

    6 ¶ For he saith to the snow, Be thou [on] the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

  • 20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

  • Isa 40:12-13
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    12 ¶ Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

    13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or [being] his counsellor hath taught him?

  • 7 He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.

  • Job 38:8-9
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    8 Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb?

    9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

  • 16 When he uttereth [his] voice, [there is] a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

  • 25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.

  • 3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

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    13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

    14 Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

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  • 31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

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    4 ¶ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

    5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

  • 8 [It is] as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

  • 19 Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof,

  • 13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?

  • 5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds [which] are higher than thou.

  • 28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

  • 10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

  • 20 ¶ Whence then cometh wisdom? and where [is] the place of understanding?