King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
Complete Jewish Bible:
Who, by wisdom, can number the clouds? Who can tilt the water-skins of heaven,
Berean Standard Bible:
Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens
American Standard Version:
Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
Who can number{H5608} the clouds{H7834} in wisdom{H2451}? or who can stay{H7901} the bottles{H5035} of heaven{H8064},
Cross-References (KJV):
Psalms 147:4
- He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by [their] names.
Genesis 9:15
- 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.
Genesis 8:1
- ¶ 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;
Genesis 15:5
- 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.
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Commentary for Job 38:37
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H5608
There are 154 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: סָפַר
Transliteration: çâphar
Pronunciation: saw-far'
Description: a primitive root; properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate; commune, (ac-) count; declare, number, [phrase] penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer. - Strong's Number: H7834
There are 21 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שַׁחַק
Transliteration: shachaq
Pronunciation: shakh'-ak
Description: from שָׁחַק; a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament; cloud, small dust, heaven, sky. - Strong's Number: H2451
There are 141 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חׇכְמָה
Transliteration: chokmâh
Pronunciation: khok-maw'
Description: from חָכַם; wisdom (in a good sense); skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit. - Strong's Number: H7901
There are 194 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שָׁכַב
Transliteration: shâkab
Pronunciation: shaw-kab'
Description: a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose); [idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay. - Strong's Number: H5035
There are 37 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: נֶבֶל
Transliteration: nebel
Pronunciation: neh'-bel
Description: or נֵבֶל; from נָבֵל; a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form); bottle, pitcher, psaltery, vessel, viol. - Strong's Number: H8064
There are 395 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שָׁמַיִם
Transliteration: shâmayim
Pronunciation: shaw-mah'-yim
Description: dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).