Job 38:37
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 38:37 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 38:37 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, stay: Heb. cause to lie down" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 38:37 — KJV
“Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, stay: Heb. cause to lie down”
— Job 38:37 (KJV)
Job 38:37 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 38:37
“And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. rid: Heb. cause to cease”
Shares key themes with Job 38:37: heb, cause, lie
“And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.”
Shares key themes with Job 38:37: number, cause, lie
“And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. put...: Heb. caused to cease idolatrous...: Heb. Chemarim planets: or, twelve signs or, constellations”
Shares key themes with Job 38:37: heaven, heb, cause
“So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. apply: Heb. cause to come”
Shares key themes with Job 38:37: number, wisdom, heb
“I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life. to give...: Heb. to draw my flesh with wine all...: Heb. the number of the days of their life”
Shares key themes with Job 38:37: number, wisdom, heaven
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