Job 36:30

Job 36:30

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28 ^aWhich the clouds drop down
And pour abundantly on man.

29 Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of clouds,
The thunder from His canopy?

30 Look, He ^ascatters His light upon it,
And covers the depths of the sea.

31 For ^aby these He judges the peoples;
He ^bgives food in abundance.

32 ^aHe covers His hands with lightning,
And commands it to¹ strike.

33 ^aHis thunder declares it,
The cattle also, concerning¹ the rising storm.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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light—lightning.

it—His tabernacle (Job 36:29). The light, in an instant spread over the vast mass of dark clouds, forms a striking picture.

spread—is repeated from Job 36:29 to form an antithesis. "He spreads not only clouds, but light."

covereth the bottom—roots.

of the sea—namely, with the light. In the storm the depths of ocean are laid bare; and the light "covers" them, at the same moment that it "spreads" across the dark sky. So in Psalms 18:14-15, the discovering of "the channels of waters" follows the "lightnings." UMBREIT translates: "He spreadeth His light upon Himself, and covereth Himself with the roots of the sea" (Psalms 104:2). God's garment is woven of celestial light and of the watery depths, raised to the sky to form His cloudy canopy. The phrase, "cover Himself with the roots of the sea," is harsh; but the image is grand.

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