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36 Who tells the ibis[a] when the Nile will flood,
    or who tells the rooster that rain will fall?[b]
37 Who is wise enough to count the clouds
    and tilt them over to pour out the rain,
38     rain that hardens the dust into lumps?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:36 A bird in ancient Egypt that was believed to announce the flooding of the Nile River.
  2. Job 38:36 Verse 36 in Hebrew is unclear.

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