Job 38:37
And who is he that numbers the clouds in wisdom, 1 And has bowed the heaven down to the earth? 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
In Context
36And who has given to women skill in weaving, 1 Or knowledge of embroidery? 1
38For it is spread out as dusty earth, 1 And I have cemented it as one hewn stone to another. 1
Cross References
Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on this day all the fountains of the abyss were broken up, and the floodgates of heaven were opened.
Genesis 9:15And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you, and between every living soul in all flesh, and there shall no longer be water for a deluge, so as to blot out all flesh.
Psalms 147:4He sends his oracle to the earth: 1 His word will run swiftly. 1
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 →