Job 38:36
Who has put wisdom in the high clouds, or given knowledge to the lights of the north?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
In Context
35Do you send out the thunder-flames, so that they may go, and say to you, Here we are?
37By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth,
Cross References
Exodus 31:3And I have given him the spirit of God and made him wise and full of knowledge and expert in every sort of handwork,
Job 9:4He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?
Psalms 51:6\51:4\Against you, you only, have I done wrong, working that which is evil in your eyes; so that your words may be seen to be right, and you may be clear when you are judging.
Ecclesiastes 2:26To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
James 1:5But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, 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 →