Job

Job 37:15–16

¹⁵Do you know how God dispatches the clouds

or makes the lightning flash?

¹⁶Do you understand how the clouds float,

those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge?

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Do you know	הֲ֭תֵדַע	hă·ṯê·ḏa‘	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H3045 know
how God	אֱל֣וֹהַּ	’ĕ·lō·w·ah	Noun - masculine singular	H433 god, God
dispatches	בְּשׂוּם־	bə·śūm-	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7760 put, place, set
the clouds	עֲנָנֽוֹ׃	‘ă·nā·nōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H6051 cloud-mass, cloud
or makes the lightning	א֣וֹר	’ō·wr	Noun - common singular construct	H216 light
flash	וְ֝הוֹפִ֗יעַ	wə·hō·w·p̄î·a‘	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H3313 shine out or forth, send out beams, cause to shine

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Do you understand	הֲ֭תֵדַע	hă·ṯê·ḏa‘	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H3045 know
how	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the clouds	עָ֑ב	‘āḇ	Noun - common singular	H5645 dark cloud, cloud-mass, thicket
float	מִפְלְשֵׂי־	mip̄·lə·śê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H4657 swaying, poising
those wonders	מִ֝פְלְא֗וֹת	mip̄·lə·’ō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H4652 wondrous work
of Him who is perfect	תְּמִ֣ים	tə·mîm	Adjective - masculine singular construct	H8549 complete, sound
in knowledge	דֵּעִֽים׃	dê·‘îm	Noun - masculine plural	H1843 knowledge, opinion

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 37:15 Job 36:30–32 · Job 38:4–41 · Isaiah 40:26 · Job 37:11

Job 37:16 Job 36:4 · Jeremiah 10:12–13 · Proverbs 3:19–20 · Isaiah 40:22 · Job 36:29

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.