Job 38:37
Good News Translation
Who is wise enough to count the clouds and tilt them over to pour out the rain,

New Revised Standard Version
Who has the wisdom to number the clouds? Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,

Contemporary English Version
Can you count the clouds or pour out their water

New American Bible
Who counts the clouds with wisdom? Who tilts the water jars of heaven

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep?

number

Genesis 15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said to him: Look up to heaven and number the stars if thou canst. And he said to him: So shall thy seed be.

Psalm 147:4 Who telleth the number of the stars: and calleth them all by their names.

or who

Genesis 8:1 And God remembered Noe, and all the living creatures, and all the cattle which were with him in the ark, and brought a wind upon the earth, and the waters were abated:

Genesis 9:15 And I will remember my covenant with you, and with every living soul that beareth flesh: and there shall no more be waters of a flood to destroy all flesh.

stay.

Context
God Challenges Job
36Who hath put wisdom in the heart of man? or who gave the cock understanding? 37Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep?38When was the dust poured on the earth, and the clods fastened together?…
Cross References
Job 9:4
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace?

Job 38:34
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee?

Job 38:38
When was the dust poured on the earth, and the clods fastened together?

Job 38:36
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