Job 38:37

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִֽי־יְסַפֵּ֣ר שְׁחָקִ֣ים בְּחָכְמָ֑ה וְנִבְלֵ֥י שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם מִ֣י יַשְׁכִּֽיב׃

Transliteration

Who-yəsappēr šəḥāqîm in-ḥokmâ and-niblê šāmayim who yaškîb?

Grammar Details

*mî*: interrogative pronoun - who?
*yəsappēr*: piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - counts/numbers
*šəḥāqîm*: noun, masculine plural - clouds/skies
*bə*: preposition - in/with
*ḥokmâ*: noun, feminine singular - wisdom
*wə*: conjunction - and
*niblê*: noun, masculine plural construct - water-skins/pitchers of
*šāmayim*: noun, masculine dual - heavens/sky
*yaškîb*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - causes to lie down/pour out

Word Meanings

*yəsappēr*: counts/numbers/recounts
*šəḥāqîm*: clouds/skies/heavens
*ḥokmâ*: wisdom/skill
*niblê*: water-skins/pitchers/bottles
*šāmayim*: heavens/sky
*yaškîb*: causes to lie down/pours out/tilts

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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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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