Job 38:36
Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
In Context
35Can thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, and say to thee, Here we are?
37Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven
Cross References
Exodus 31:3and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
Job 9:4[He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?
Psalms 51:6Behold, thou desire truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part thou will make me to know wisdom.
Ecclesiastes 2:26For to the man who pleases him [God] gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
James 1:5And if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask from God who gives to all generously and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.
Matthew Henry on Job 38:26-41
God's Sovereign Dominion and Goodness. ( b. c. 1520.) 25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; 26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; 27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? 28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? 29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? 30 The… Read the whole commentary →