Job 38:37
Who can describe the rules of the heavens, or who can put to rest the harmony of heaven?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
In Context
36Who placed discernment in the guts of man, or who gave the rooster intelligence?
38When was the dust cast to become the earth, and when were its clods fastened together?
Cross References
Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great abyss were released, and the floodgates of heaven were opened.
Genesis 9:15And I will remember my covenant with you, and with every living soul that enlivens flesh. And there will no longer be waters from a great flood to wipe away all that is flesh.
Psalms 147:4He sends forth his eloquence to the earth. His word runs swiftly.
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 →