Job

Job 37:16–17

¹⁶Do you understand how the clouds float,

those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge?

¹⁷You whose clothes get hot

when the land lies hushed under the south wind,

Word by word

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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

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You whose	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
clothes	בְּגָדֶ֥יךָ	bə·ḡā·ḏe·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H899 treachery
get hot	חַמִּ֑ים	ḥam·mîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H2525 hot
when the land	אֶ֝֗רֶץ	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
lies hushed	בְּהַשְׁקִ֥ט	bə·haš·qiṭ	Preposition-b; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H8252 be quiet, undisturbed
under the south wind	מִדָּרֽוֹם׃	mid·dā·rō·wm	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H1864 south

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

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.