Job 38:36
Context| NETBible | Who has put wisdom in the heart, 1 or has imparted understanding to the mind? |
| XREF | Ex 31:3; Ex 36:1,2; Job 32:8; Ps 51:6; Pr 2:6; Ec 2:26; Isa 28:26; Jas 1:5,17 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn This verse is difficult because of the two words, טֻחוֹת (tukhot, rendered here “heart”) and שֶׂכְוִי (sekhvi, here “mind”). They have been translated a number of ways: “meteor” and “celestial appearance”; the stars “Procyon” and “Sirius”; “inward part” and “mind”; even as birds, “ibis” and “cock.” One expects them to have something to do with nature – clouds and the like. The RSV accordingly took them to mean “meteor” (from a verb “to wander”) and “a celestial appearance.” But these meanings are not well-attested. |
