Job 38:37
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens

Young's Literal Translation
Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,

King James Bible
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

Hebrew
Who
מִֽי־ (mî-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

has the wisdom
בְּחָכְמָ֑ה (bə·ḥā·ḵə·māh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2451: Wisdom

to count
יְסַפֵּ֣ר (yə·sap·pêr)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5608: To count, recount, relate

the clouds?
שְׁחָקִ֣ים (šə·ḥā·qîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 7834: A powder, a thin vapor, the firmament

Or who
מִ֣י (mî)
Interrogative
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

can tilt
יַשְׁכִּֽיב׃ (yaš·kîḇ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7901: To lie down

the water jars
וְנִבְלֵ֥י (wə·niḇ·lê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 5035: A skin-bag for, liquids, a vase, a lyre

of the heavens
שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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