Verse Lens · Context pointer
Job 37:16 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 16. 16Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
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Role in This Section
Elihu presses the unit's question through “Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?”, a line that belongs to Elihu Questions Job's Knowledge of the Sky.
Read It With
- Job 37:14–37:20
Follow Job 37:14–37:20, not verse 37:16 alone. Elihu presses the unit's question through “Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?”, a line that belongs to Elihu Questions Job's Knowledge of the Sky. The paragraph's controlling limit is: Creaturely limits invite humility without invalidating every moral question or granting Elihu complete knowledge.
Why It Needs Context
Job 37:16 performs a local role inside “Elihu Questions Job's Knowledge of the Sky.” Elihu presses the unit's question through “Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?”, a line that belongs to Elihu Questions Job's Knowledge of the Sky. The selected verse alone does not carry the full claim.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Job 37:14–37:20 — Elihu Questions Job's Knowledge of the SkySources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Job 37:14–37:20, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Job
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Job.xml, OSIS 37:14–37:20
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