Job 38:37
Cross References

Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep?

Job 9:4
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace?

Job 38:34
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee?

Job 38:38
When was the dust poured on the earth, and the clods fastened together?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep?

number

Genesis 15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said to him: Look up to heaven and number the stars if thou canst. And he said to him: So shall thy seed be.

Psalm 147:4 Who telleth the number of the stars: and calleth them all by their names.

or who

Genesis 8:1 And God remembered Noe, and all the living creatures, and all the cattle which were with him in the ark, and brought a wind upon the earth, and the waters were abated:

Genesis 9:15 And I will remember my covenant with you, and with every living soul that beareth flesh: and there shall no more be waters of a flood to destroy all flesh.

stay.

Context
God Challenges Job
36Who hath put wisdom in the heart of man? or who gave the cock understanding? 37Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep?38When was the dust poured on the earth, and the clods fastened together?…
Lexicon
Who
מִֽי־ (mî-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

has the wisdom
בְּחָכְמָ֑ה (bə·ḥā·ḵə·māh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2451: Wisdom

to count
יְסַפֵּ֣ר (yə·sap·pêr)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5608: To count, recount, relate

the clouds?
שְׁחָקִ֣ים (šə·ḥā·qîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7834: A powder, a thin vapor, the firmament

Or who
מִ֣י (mî)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

can tilt
יַשְׁכִּֽיב׃ (yaš·kîḇ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7901: To lie down

the water jars
וְנִבְלֵ֥י (wə·niḇ·lê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 5035: A skin-bag for, liquids, a vase, a lyre

of the heavens
שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8064: Heaven, sky


Additional Translations
Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavensWho can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

And who is he that numbers the clouds in wisdom, and has bowed the heaven down to the earth?

Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,

Who can number the clouds by wisdom? or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky,

Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,
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