Job
Job 38:36–37
36Who has put wisdom in the heartg
or given understanding to the mind?
37Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?
Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens
Footnotes
- g 38:36 Or Who has given the ibis wisdom, that is, wisdom about the flooding of the Nile
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.
Job 38:36
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who | מִי־ | mî·šā- | Interrogative | H4310 who? |
| has put | שָׁ֭ת | šāt̲ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H7896 put, set |
| wisdom | חָכְמָ֑ה | ḥāḵ·māh | Noun - feminine singular | H2451 wisdom |
| in the heart | בַּטֻּח֣וֹת | baṭ·ṭu·ḥō·wṯ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine plural | H2910 kidneys, inmost thought |
| or | א֤וֹ | ’ōw | Conjunction | H176 or |
| given | נָתַ֖ן | nā·ṯan | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| understanding | בִינָֽה׃ | ḇî·nāh | Noun - feminine singular | H998 understanding |
| to the mind | לַשֶּׂ֣כְוִי | laś·śeḵ·wî | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7907 appearance, phenomenon |
Job 38:37
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who | מִֽי־ | mî- | Interrogative | H4310 who? |
| has the wisdom | בְּחָכְמָ֑ה | bə·ḥā·ḵə·māh | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular | H2451 wisdom |
| to count | יְסַפֵּ֣ר | yə·sap·pêr | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H5608 count |
| the clouds | שְׁחָקִ֣ים | šə·ḥā·qîm | Noun - masculine plural | H7834 dust, cloud |
| Or who | מִ֣י | mî | Interrogative | H4310 who? |
| can tilt | יַשְׁכִּֽיב׃ | yaš·kîḇ | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H7901 lie down |
| the water jars | וְנִבְלֵ֥י | wə·niḇ·lê | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct | H5035 skin-bottle, skin |
| of the heavens | שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם | šā·ma·yim | Noun - masculine plural | H8064 sky, aloft |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Job 38:36 Job 32:8 · Psalm 51:6 · Ecclesiastes 2:26 · Proverbs 2:6 · James 1:5 · Exodus 31:3 · Job 9:4 · James 1:17 · Exodus 36:1–2 · Isaiah 28:26
Job 38:37 Psalm 147:4 · Genesis 15:5 · Genesis 9:15 · Genesis 8:1
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.