# Job 38.36

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**Book:** [Job](/codex/job/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 34. Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee? 35. Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?
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> **36. Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?**
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> 37. Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven, 38. When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together? (Job 38:34-38, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 34. “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you? 35. Can you send out lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are?’
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> **36. Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?**
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> 37. Who can count the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky, 38. when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together? (Job 38:34-38, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 34. Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? 35. Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are? <sup>Here: Heb. Behold us?</sup>
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> **36. Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?**
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> 37. Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, <sup>stay: Heb. cause to lie down</sup> 38. When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? <sup>groweth: or, is turned into mire: Heb. is poured</sup> (Job 38:34-38, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 34. Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee? 35. Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, 'Behold us?'
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> **36. Who hath put in the inward parts wisdom? Or who hath given To the covered part understanding?**
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> 37. Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down, 38. In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together? (Job 38:34-38, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet.


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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Naturalistic Atheism Cannot Ground Critical Thinking](/codex/naturalistic-atheism-cannot-ground-critical-thinking/)

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## Notes

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.