Job 38:37 Go deeper

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

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מִֽי\־mi-who?

Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: who?

Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT Job 38:37 word 1

יְסַפֵּ֣רye.sa.Perwill he count

Lemma: סָפַר (sa.phar) · Strong's: H5608A

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpi3ms)

Meaning: to recount

Used 107 times. Also: Genesis 15:5, Genesis 16:10, Genesis 24:66, Genesis 29:13, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 37:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5608A; TAHOT Job 38:37 word 2

שְׁחָקִ֣יםshe.cha.Kim[the] clouds

Lemma: שַׁ֫חַק (sha.chaq) · Strong's: H7834

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: cloud

Used 21 times. Also: Deuteronomy 33:26, 2 Samuel 22:12, Job 35:5, Job 36:28, Job 37:18, Job 37:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7834; TAHOT Job 38:37 word 3

בְּחָכְמָ֑הbe.cha.khe.Mahby wisdom

Lemma: חׇכְמָה (chokh.mah) · Strong's: H2451

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: wisdom

Used 153 times. Also: Exodus 28:3, Exodus 31:3, Exodus 31:6, Exodus 35:26, Exodus 35:31, Exodus 35:35 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2451; TAHOT Job 38:37 word 4

וְנִבְלֵ֥יve.niv.Leiand [the] waterskins of

Lemma: נֵ֫בֶל (ne.vel) · Strong's: H5035A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: bag

Used 11 times. Also: 1 Samuel 1:24, 1 Samuel 10:3, 1 Samuel 25:18, 2 Samuel 16:1, Isaiah 22:24, Isaiah 30:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5035A; TAHOT Job 38:37 word 5

שָׁ֝מַ֗יִםSha.Ma.yimheaven

Lemma: שָׁמַיִם (sha.ma.yim) · Strong's: H8064

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: heaven

Used 421 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8064; TAHOT Job 38:37 word 6

מִ֣יmiwho?

Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: who?

Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT Job 38:37 word 7

יַשְׁכִּֽיב\׃yash.Kivwill he make to lie down

Lemma: שָׁכַב (sha.khav) · Strong's: H7901G

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhi3ms)

Meaning: to lie down: lay down

Used 101 times. Also: Genesis 19:4, Genesis 28:13, Genesis 47:30, Leviticus 15:4, Leviticus 15:20, Leviticus 15:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7901G; TAHOT Job 38:37 word 8

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Who	→	מִי H4310 who?
has the wisdom	→	חׇכְמָה H2451 wisdom
to count	→	סָפַר H5608A to recount
the clouds	→	שַׁ֫חַק H7834 cloud
Or who	→	מִי H4310 who?
can tilt	→	שָׁכַב H7901G to lie down: lay down
the water jars	→	נֵ֫בֶל H5035A bag
of the heavens	→	שָׁמַיִם H8064 heaven

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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