Job 38:37
By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
In Context
36Who has put wisdom in the high clouds, or given knowledge to the lights of the north?
38When the earth becomes hard as metal, and is joined together in masses?
Cross References
Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep came bursting through, and the windows of heaven were open;
Genesis 9:15And I will keep in mind the agreement between me and you and every living thing; and never again will there be a great flow of waters causing destruction to all flesh.
Psalms 147:4He sees the number of the stars; he gives them all their names.
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 →