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Job 37:16

Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?

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הֲ֭תֵדַעhatedaknowיָדַעparticle, interrogative, verb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “know”, an unfinished actionH3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with…עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…מִפְלְשֵׂיmiflesebalancingמִפְלָשׂnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “balancing”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4657a poisingbalancing.עָ֑בavcloudעָבnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “cloud”, the ordinary formH5645properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copseclay, (thick) cloud, [idiom] thick, thicket. Compare H5672 (עֲבִי).מִ֝פְלְא֗וֹתmifleotwondrous workמִפְלָאָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “wondrous work”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4652a miraclewondrous work.תְּמִ֣יםtemimwithout blemishתָּמִיםadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, construct — “without blemish”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8549entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truthwithout blemish, complete, full, perfect, sincerely (-ity), sound, without spot, undefiled, upright(-ly), whole.דֵּעִֽיםdeimknowledgeדֵּעַnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “knowledge”, the ordinary formH1843knowledgeknowledge, opinion.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of Him who is perfect in knowledge?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, The wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

Young’s Literal Translation

Dost thou know the balancings of a cloud? The wonders of the Perfect in knowledge?

World English Bible

Do you know the workings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

Darby Translation

Dost thou know about the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him that is perfect in knowledge?

Douay-Rheims

Knowest thou the great paths of the clouds, and the perfect knowledges?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of Him who is perfect in knowledge?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he knows the divisions of the clouds, and the signal overthrows of the ungodly.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐπίσταται δὲ διάκρισιν νεφῶν, ἐξαίσια δὲ πτώματα πονηρῶν.