The Meaning of Job 38:37 Explained

Job 38:37

KJV: Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

YLT: Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,

Darby: Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,

ASV: Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

Discover Job 38:37

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 38:37?

MEANING: What does Job 38:37 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 38:37 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 38:37?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Who can number  the clouds  in wisdom?  or who can stay  the bottles  of heaven, 

What does Job 38:37 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 38:19-41 - What Man Cannot Do
In this chapter a number of nature-pictures pass before us. These include the creation of the earth, Job 38:4-7; the sea, Job 38:8-11; light, Job 38:12-15; the mysteries of the unseen, Job 38:16-18; snow and rain, Job 38:22-30; the constellations of heaven, Job 38:31-38; and the recesses of the forest-glades, Job 38:39-41.
What does it all mean? Ah! there are times when the voice of God through nature falls on our hearts like sweet music, and we hardly know whence or how, but we are comforted and strengthened. The peace passes understanding. Besides, the frequent question, Hast thou? was intended to turn Job's attention to the great mysteries contained in common and ordinary things. If he could not unravel these, how could he hope to fathom all the wonderful dealings of God with the human soul? His ways are above ours and His thoughts higher than ours; but we are sure from Calvary that He is love. Let us quiet ourselves, therefore, and trust. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 38

1  God challenges Job to answer
4  God, by his mighty works, convinces Job of ignorance
31  and weakness

What do the individual words in Job 38:37 mean?

who can number the clouds by wisdom Or the bottles of heaven who can pour out
מִֽי־ יְסַפֵּ֣ר שְׁחָקִ֣ים ؟ בְּחָכְמָ֑ה וְנִבְלֵ֥י שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם מִ֣י יַשְׁכִּֽיב

יְסַפֵּ֣ר  can  number 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: סָפַר 
Sense: to count, recount, relate.
שְׁחָקִ֣ים  the  clouds 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שַׁחַק  
Sense: dust, cloud.
؟ בְּחָכְמָ֑ה  by  wisdom 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular
Root: חָכְמָה  
Sense: wisdom.
וְנִבְלֵ֥י  Or  the  bottles 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root:  
Sense: a skin-bag, jar, pitcher.
שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם  of  heaven 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַיִם  
Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.
יַשְׁכִּֽיב  can  pour  out 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁכַב  
Sense: to lie down.

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