Job 38:36

Job 38:36 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
• New International Version (NIV)Who gives the ibis wisdom or gives the rooster understanding?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Who has put wisdom in the inward parts or given understanding to the mind?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Who has put wisdom in the mind? Or who has given understanding to the heart?

Context of Job 38:36

34Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee? 35Dost thou send forth lightnings that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are? Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind? 37Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens, 38When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together?

Job 38:36 word by word

מִי־שָׁ֭ת בַּטֻּח֣וֹת חָכְמָ֑ה א֤וֹ מִֽי־נָתַ֖ן לַשֶּׂ֣כְוִי בִינָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• putנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• wisdomחׇכְמָהchokmâh · wisdomH2451
• understandingבִּינָהbîynâh · understandingH998

Cross-references for Job 38:36

• Job 32:8But there is a spirit which is in man; and the breath of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
• Psalms 51:6Behold, thou wilt have truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden [part] thou wilt make me to know wisdom.
• Proverbs 2:6For Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.
• Ecclesiastes 2:26For he giveth to a man that is good in his sight 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 is good in God's sight. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
• James 1:5But if any one of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all freely and reproaches not, and it shall be given to him:
• Exodus 31:3and have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in every work,
• Exodus 36:1Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every man that was wise-hearted, in whom Jehovah had put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work of the service of the sanctuary — according to all that Jehovah had commanded.
• Isaiah 28:26His God doth instruct him in [his] judgment, he doth teach him.

Commentaries on Job 38:36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36Who hath put wisdom in the in ward parts? - Who has given לשכוי lasechvi, to the contemplative person, understanding? Even the most sedulous attention to a subject, and the deepest contemplation, are not sufficient to investigate truth, without the inspiration of the Almighty, which alone can give understanding. But who has given man the power to conceive and understand? A power which he knows he has, but which he cannot comprehend. Man knows nothing of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 36Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? - There is great variety in the interpretation of this passage. Jerome renders it, Quis posuit in visceribus heminis sapienttam? Vel quis dedit gallo intelligentiam? “Who hath put wisdom in the inner parts of man? Or who has given to the cock intelligence?” Just as strangely, the Septuagint has: “Who hath given to women skill in weaving, and a knowledge of the art of embroidering?.” One of the Targums renders it…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-41Verses 25-41 Hitherto God had put questions to Job to show him his ignorance; now God shows his weakness. As it is but little that he knows, he ought not to arraign the Divine counsels; it is but little he can do, therefore he ought not to oppose the ways of Providence. See the all-sufficiency of the Divine Providence; it has wherewithal to satisfy the desire of every living thing. And he that takes care of the young ravens, certainly will not be wanting…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36heart … mind: These words can also mean "ibis" and "rooster." The Egyptians believed the ibis bird knew about the Nile's flooding, the most important event in Egypt. Israel’s rabbis (religious teachers with authority) believed the rooster bird could predict rain or its distinctive sound (crowing) marked day and night. The question would then be Who taught the ibis and the rooster? See also Psalm 51:6; Proverbs 2:6; James 1:5, 17.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-3819-38. The marvels in heaven. "What is the way (to the place wherein) light dwelleth?" The origin of light and darkness. In Ge 1:3-5, 14-18, "light" is created distinct from, and previous to, light-emitting bodies, the luminaries of heaven.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 38:36

• Blessing
• God
• Wisdom

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Job 38

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings