Job 38:36 | TNotes | STEP | 38:36 heart ... mind: These words can also be translated ibis ... rooster. The Egyptians thought the ibis was wise about the flooding of the Nile, the most important seasonal event in Egypt; and Israel’s rabbis thought the rooster could forecast rain or that its crow distinguished day from night. The idea would then be Who taught the ibis and the rooster? See also Ps 51:6 ; Prov 2:6 ; Jas 1:5 , 17 .

bPs 51:6►

cProv 2:6►

dJas 1:5►

‏ Job 38:36

38:36 ^a heart ... mind: These words can also be translated ibis ... rooster. The Egyptians thought the ibis was wise about the flooding of the Nile, the most important seasonal event in Egypt; and Israel’s rabbis thought the rooster could forecast rain or that its crow distinguished day from night. The idea would then be Who taught the ibis and the rooster? See also Ps 51:6 ^b; Prov 2:6 ^c; Jas 1:5 ^d, 17 ^e.