Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
Who can number the cloudes in wiſedome? or † who can ſtay the bottles of heauen,
חׇכְמָה , feminine noun, hokhma — wisdom (value 73)
H2451,
חׇכְמָה chokmâh, khok-maw'; from H2449; wisdom (in a good sense):—skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.wisdom
skill (in war)
wisdom (in administration)
shrewdness, wisdom
wisdom, prudence (in religious affairs)
wisdom (ethical and religious)
Used in 141 Verses, 14 Books 149  Occurrence Count
מִי , interrogative pronoun, miy — who? (value 50)
H4310,
מִי mîy, me; an interrogative pronoun of persons, as H4100 is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix:—any (man), × he, × him, O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), would to God.who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever
Used in 342 Verses, 35 Books 422  Occurrence Count
נֶבֶל , masculine noun, nevel — a skin bottle, skin, jar, pitcher (value 82)
H5035,
נֶבֶל nebel, neh'-bel; or נֵבֶל nêbel; from H5034; a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form):—bottle, pitcher, psaltery, vessel, viol.a skin-bag, jar, pitcher
skin-bottle, skin
jar, pitcher (earthen)
harp, lute, guitar, musical instrument
Used in 37 Verses, 12 Books 38  Occurrence Count
סָפַר , masculine noun, verb, safar — to count, recount, relate (value 340)
H5608,
סָפַר çâphar, saw-far'; a primitive root; properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate:—commune, (ac-) count; declare, number, penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.verb
to count, recount, relate
(Qal)
to count (things)
to number, take account of, reckon
(Niphal) to be counted, be numbered
(Piel) to recount, rehearse, declare
to recount (something), rehearse
to talk
to count exactly or accurately
(Pual) to be recounted, be rehearsed, be related
masculine noun
enumerator, muster-officer, secretary, scribe
enumerator, muster-officer, secretary
learned man, scribe
Used in 154 Verses, 24 Books 160  Occurrence Count
שַׁחַק , masculine noun, shahak — dust, cloud (value 408)
H7834,
שַׁחַק shachaq, shakh'-ak; from H7833; a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament:—cloud, small dust, heaven, sky.dust, cloud
fine dust
(thin) cloud
Used in 21 Verses, 7 Books 21  Occurrence Count
שָׁכַב , verb, shakhav — to lie down (value 322)
H7901,
שָׁכַב shâkab, shaw-kab'; a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose):—× at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.to lie down
(Qal)
to lie, lie down, lie on
to lodge
to lie (of sexual relations)
to lie down (in death)
to rest, relax (fig)
(Niphal) to be lain with (sexually)
(Pual) to be lain with (sexually)
(Hiphil) to make to lie down
(Hophal) to be laid
Used in 190 Verses, 25 Books 207  Occurrence Count
שָׁמַיִם , masculine noun, shamayim — heaven, sky (value 390)
H8064,
שָׁמַיִם shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim; dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה shâmeh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve):—air, × astrologer, heaven(-s).heaven, heavens, sky
visible heavens, sky
as abode of the stars
as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc
Heaven (as the abode of God)
Used in 395 Verses, 33 Books 413  Occurrence Count
| Job 38:37Modern KJV—Authorized Version |
| Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, |
| Original Text (WLC) |
| מִֽי־יְסַפֵּ֣ר שְׁחָקִ֣ים בְּחָכְמָ֑ה וְנִבְלֵ֥י שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם מִ֣י יַשְׁכִּֽיב׃ |
| Verse #13831 (Ch. #474) — 8 words, 32 lettersText Copied! |
| Data from Strong's Concordance |
| KJV |
Strong's # |
Hebrew |
Value |
| Who can number |
H5608safar |
סָפַר |
340 |
| the clouds |
H7834shahak |
שַׁחַק |
408 |
| in wisdom? |
H2451hokhma |
חׇכְמָה |
73 |
| or who can stay |
H7901shakhav |
שָׁכַב |
322 |
| the bottles |
H5035nevel |
נֶבֶל |
82 |
| of heaven, |
H8064shamayim |
שָׁמַיִם |
390 |
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