Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,
New American Standard Bible
Or
King James Version
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
Holman Bible
Or who can tilt the water jars of heaven
International Standard Version
Who has the wisdom to be able to count the clouds, or to empty the water jars of heaven,
A Conservative Version
Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven
American Standard Version
Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
Amplified
“Who can count the clouds by [earthly] wisdom,
Or pour out the water jars of the heavens,
Bible in Basic English
By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth,
Darby Translation
Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,
Julia Smith Translation
Who shall number the clouds in wisdom? and who shall cause the bottles of heaven to lie down?
King James 2000
Who can number the clouds by wisdom? or who can pour out the water skins of heaven,
Lexham Expanded Bible
Who can number [the] clouds with wisdom? Or who can tilt heaven's jars,
Modern King James verseion
Who can number the clouds by wisdom; or who can empty out the jars of the heavens,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Who numbereth the clouds in wisdom? Who stilleth the vehement waters of heaven?
NET Bible
Who by wisdom can count the clouds, and who can tip over the water jars of heaven,
New Heart English Bible
Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky,
The Emphasized Bible
Who can count the thin clouds, in wisdom? And, the bottles of the heavens, who can empty out;
Webster
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
World English Bible
Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky,
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 38:37
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Interrogates Job
36 Who hath put in the inward parts wisdom? Or who hath given To the covered part understanding? 37 Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down, 38 In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?
Names
Cross References
Genesis 8:1
And God remembereth Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle which are with him in the ark, and God causeth a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subside,
Genesis 9:15
and I have remembered My covenant which is between Me and you, and every living creature among all flesh, and the waters become no more a deluge to destroy all flesh;
Genesis 15:5
and He bringeth him out without, and saith, 'Look attentively, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and count the stars, if thou art able to count them;' and He saith to him, 'Thus is thy seed.'
Psalm 147:4
Appointing the number of the stars, To all them He giveth names.