Job 38:36
Who has placed wisdom inside people? Who has given understanding to the mind?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
In Context
37Who is clever enough to count the clouds? Who can turn heaven's water jars on their sides
Cross References
Exodus 31:3I have filled him with the Spirit of God giving him ability, creativity, and expertise in all kinds of craftsmanship.
Job 9:4God is so wise and so powerful that no one could challenge him and win.
Psalms 51:6But you want truth on the inside; you teach me wisdom deep within.
Ecclesiastes 2:26To those who are good, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy. But to the sinner God gives the task of gathering and collecting wealth, only to hand it over to someone who pleases God. This also shows how fleeting life is, and hard to understand—like trying to understand how the wind blows.
James 1:5If any of you need wisdom, ask God, who gives generously to everyone without holding back.
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 →