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Job Chapter 38 verse 37 Holy Bible

ASV Job 38:37

Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
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BBE Job 38:37

By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth,
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DARBY Job 38:37

Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,
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KJV Job 38:37

Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
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WBT Job 38:37

Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
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WEB Job 38:37

Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky,
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YLT Job 38:37

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 37. - Who can number the clouds in wisdom? i.e. Who is wise enough to number the clouds, and say how many they are? Or who can stay the bottles of heaven! rather, Who can pour out? (see the Revised Version). The "bottles," or "water-skins," of heaven are the dense clouds heavy with rain, which alternately hold the moisture like a reservoir, and pour it out upon the earth. God alone can determine when the rain shall fall.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(37) Who can stay the bottles of heaven?--This is understood in two opposite senses--of pouring out the bottles or of laying them up in store. It is not easy to decide which is most in accordance with the context, for the context also is somewhat uncertain, according as we interpret the solid mass of thick mud or of hard, dry soil. The survey of physical phenomena ends with this verse.