Job

Job 38:37–38

³⁷Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?

Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens

³⁸when the dust hardens into a mass

and the clods of earth stick together?

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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

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
when the dust	עָ֭פָר	‘ā·p̄ār	Noun - masculine singular	H6083 dry earth, dust
hardens	בְּצֶ֣קֶת	bə·ṣe·qeṯ	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H3332 pour, cast, flow
into a mass	לַמּוּצָ֑ק	lam·mū·ṣāq	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4165 a casting
and the clods of earth	וּרְגָבִ֥ים	ū·rə·ḡā·ḇîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H7263 clod of earth
stick together	יְדֻבָּֽקוּ׃	yə·ḏub·bā·qū	Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1692 cling, cleave, keep close

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

Job 38:37 Psalm 147:4 · Genesis 15:5 · Genesis 9:15 · Genesis 8:1

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.