Job 37:2

2 Just listen to His thunderous voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.[a]

Job 37:2 Meaning and Commentary

Job 37:2

Hear attentively the noise of his voice
Of the voice of God in the clouds; and of thunder, which is his voice, ( Job 40:9 ) . Elihu being affected with it himself, exhorts the company about him to hearken and listen to it, and learn something from it;

and the sound [that] goeth out of his mouth:
as the former clause may have respect to loud thunder, a more violent crack or clap of it; so this may intend some lesser whispers and murmurs of it at a distance; or a rumbling noise in the clouds before they burst; since the word is sometimes used for private meditation. Now the voice of God, whether in his works of nature, or in the dispensations of his providence, or in his word; whether in the thunder of the law, or in the still sound of the Gospel, is to be attentively hearkened to; because it is the voice of God, the voice of the God of glory, majestic and powerful, and is attended with various effects; of which see ( Psalms 29:3-9 ) .

Job 37:2 In-Context

1 My heart pounds at this and leaps from my chest.
2 Just listen to His thunderous voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
3 He lets it loose beneath the entire sky; His lightning to the ends of the earth.
4 Then there comes a roaring sound; God thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His [rumbling] voice is heard.
5 God thunders marvelously with His voice; He does great things that we cannot comprehend.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. 2 Sm 22:8; Isa 13:13; Mt 17:5
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