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Job 38:37-39
New English Translation

37 Who by wisdom can count the clouds,
and who can tip over[a] the water jars of heaven,
38 when the dust hardens[b] into a mass,
and the clumps of earth stick together?
39 “Do you hunt prey for the lioness,

and satisfy the appetite[c] of the lions

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:37 tn The word actually means “to cause to lie down.”
  2. Job 38:38 tn The word means “to flow” or “to cast” (as in casting metals). So the noun developed the sense of “hard,” as in cast metal.
  3. Job 38:39 tn Heb “fill up the life of.”
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