Job 37:16

16 Do you know how he balances the clouds? These are marvels of him who knows everything!

Job 37:16 Meaning and Commentary

Job 37:16

Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds?
&c.] How those ponderous bodies, as some of them are very weighty, full of water, are poised, and hang in the air, without turning this way or the other, or falling on the earth;

the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge;
of God, who is a God of knowledge, of knowledges, ( 1 Samuel 2:3 ) ; who knows himself and all his works, all creatures and things whatever, see ( Job 36:4 ) ; and this is another of his wondrous works, which none but he, whose knowledge is perfect, and is the author and giver of knowledge, can know, even the poising and balancing of the clouds in the air; we see they are balanced, but we know not how it is done.

Job 37:16 In-Context

14 "Listen to this, Iyov! Stop, and consider God's wonders.
15 Do you know how God puts them in place, how he causes lightning to flash from his cloud?
16 Do you know how he balances the clouds? These are marvels of him who knows everything!
17 "You, sweltering in your clothing as the earth lies still under a sultry south wind,
18 can you, with him, spread out the sky, hard as a cast metal mirror?
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