Job 37:18 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 37:18

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

17 Why are your garments hot,
When He quiets the earth by the south wind?

18 With Him, have you ^aspread out the ^bskies,
Strong as a cast metal mirror?

19 “Teach us what we should say to Him,
For we can prepare nothing because of the darkness.

20 Should He be told that I wish to speak?
If a man were to speak, surely he would be swallowed up.

Verse Comparison: Job 37:18

American Standard Version
Canst thou with him spread out the sky, Which is strong as a molten mirror?

Amplified® Bible
Can you along with Him spread out the sky, [which is] strong as a molten mirror?

Contemporary English Version
God can spread out the clouds to get relief from the heat, but can you?

Darby English Version
Hast thou with him spread out the sky, firm, like a molten mirror?

Good News Bible
Can you help God stretch out the sky and make it as hard as polished metal?

King James Version
Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?

New American Standard Bible
"Can you, with Him, spread out the skies, Strong as a molten mirror?

New International Version
can you join him in spreading out the skies,
hard as a mirror of cast bronze?

New King James Version
With Him, have you spread out the skies,
Strong as a cast metal mirror?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Can you, with Him, spread out the skies, Strong as a molten mirror?

Revised Standard Version
Can you, like him, spread out the skies, hard as a molten mirror?

Young's Literal Translation
Thou hast made an expanse with Him For the clouds -- strong as a hard mirror!

New English Translation
will you, with him, spread out¹ the clouds, solid as a mirror of molten metal?