Job 38:36
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind?
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
In Context
35Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
37Who can number the clouds by wisdom? or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
Cross References
Exodus 31:3and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
Job 9:4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?
Psalms 51:6Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Ecclesiastes 2:26For to the man that pleaseth him God giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
James 1:5But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given 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 →