Job 37:5

Job 37:5

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3 He sends it forth under the whole heaven,
His¹ lightning to the ends of the earth.

4 After it ^aa voice roars;
He thunders with His majestic voice,
And He does not restrain them when His voice is heard.

5 God thunders marvelously with His voice;
^aHe does great things which we cannot comprehend.

6 For ^aHe says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth’;
Likewise to the¹ gentle rain and the heavy rain of His strength.

7 He seals the hand of every man,
^aThat ^ball men may know His work.

8 The beasts ^ago into dens,
And remain in their lairs.

9 From the chamber of the south comes the whirlwind,
And cold from the scattering winds of the north.

10 ^aBy the breath of God ice is given,
And the broad waters are frozen.

11 Also with moisture He saturates the thick clouds;
He scatters His¹ bright clouds.

12 And they swirl about, being turned by His guidance,
That they may ^ado whatever He commands them
On the face of¹ the whole earth.

13 ^aHe causes it to come,
Whether for¹ correction,
Or ^bfor His land,
Or ^cfor mercy.

14 “Listen to this, O Job;
Stand still and ^aconsider the wondrous works of God.

15 Do you know when God¹ dispatches them,
And causes the light of His cloud to shine?

16 ^aDo you know how the clouds are balanced,
Those wondrous works of ^bHim who is perfect in knowledge?

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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God thundereth marvellously with his voice - This is the conclusion of Elihu' s description of the lightning and thunder: and here only should chapter 36 have ended. He began, Job 36:29, with the noise of God' s tabernacle; and he ends here with the marvellous thundering of Jehovah. Probably the writer of the book of Job had seen the description of a similar thunder storm as given by the psalmist, Psalms 77:16-19 : -

Psalms 77:16 The waters saw thee, O God!

The waters saw thee, and were afraid.

Yea, the deeps were affrighted!

Psalms 77:17 The clouds poured out water;

The ethers sent forth a sound;

Yea, thine arrows went abroad.

Psalms 77:18 The voice of thy thunder was through the expanse:

The lightnings illumined the globe;

The earth trembled and shook!

Psalms 77:19 Thy way is in the sea,

And thy paths on many waters;

But thy footsteps are not known.

Great things doeth he - This is the beginning of a new paragraph; and relates particularly to the phenomena which are afterwards mentioned. All of them wondrous things; and, in many respects, to us incomprehensible.

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