Job 38:34 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 38:34

32 Can you bring out¹ Mazzaroth in its season?
Or can you guide¹ the Great Bear with its cubs?

33 Do you know ^athe ordinances of the heavens?
Can you set their dominion over the earth?

34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
That an abundance of water may cover you?

35 Can you send out lightnings, that they may go,
And say to you, ‘Here we are!’?

36 ^aWho has put wisdom in¹ the mind?
Or who has given understanding to the heart?

37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

38 When the dust hardens in clumps,
And the clods cling together?

39 “Can^a you hunt the prey for the lion,
Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

40 When they crouch in their dens,
Or lurk in their lairs to lie in wait?

Verse Comparison: Job 38:34

American Standard Version
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?

Amplified® Bible
Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, so that an abundance of waters may cover you?

Contemporary English Version
Can you order the clouds to send a downpour,

Darby English Version
Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee?

Good News Bible
Can you shout orders to the clouds and make them drench you with rain?

King James Version
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

New American Standard Bible
"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, So that an abundance of water will cover you?

New International Version
"Can you raise your voice to the clouds
and cover yourself with a flood of water?

New King James Version
“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
That an abundance of water may cover you?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, So that an abundance of water will cover you?

Revised Standard Version
"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that a flood of waters may cover you?

Young's Literal Translation
Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?

New English Translation
Can you raise your voice to the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?¹