34 Can you command[a] the clouds
so that a flood of water covers you?(A)
35 Can you send out lightning(B) bolts, and they go?
Do they report to you, “Here we are”?

36 Who put wisdom(C) in the heart[b]
or gave the mind understanding?

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Footnotes

  1. 38:34 Lit lift up your voice to
  2. 38:36 Or the inner self; Ps 51:6

34 “Can you raise your voice to the clouds
    and cover yourself with a flood of water?(A)
35 Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?(B)
    Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 Who gives the ibis wisdom[a](C)
    or gives the rooster understanding?[b](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:36 That is, wisdom about the flooding of the Nile
  2. Job 38:36 That is, understanding of when to crow; the meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.