Job 38:34-38

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Can you command^(a) the clouds
so that a flood of water covers you?^(A)

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Can you send out lightning^(B) bolts, and they go?
Do they report to you: “Here we are”?

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Who put wisdom^(C) in the heart^(b)
or gave the mind understanding?

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Who has the wisdom to number the clouds?
Or who can tilt the water jars of heaven

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when the dust hardens like cast metal
and the clods of dirt stick together?

a. Job 38:34: Lit lift up your voice to

b. Job 38:36: Or the inner self; Ps 51:6

A. Job 38:34: Job 22:11; Psalm 69:1-2

B. Job 38:35: Exodus 19:16; Psalm 18:14; Psalm 97:4

C. Job 38:36: Job 28:12; Job 28:18; Job 28:20; Psalm 51:6; Ecclesiastes 2:26