Job 37:16

16 Do you know how clouds float in the sky, the work of God's amazing skill?

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 Pause a moment, Job, and listen; consider the wonderful things God does.

15 Do you know how God gives the command and makes lightning flash from the clouds?

16 Do you know how clouds float in the sky, the work of God's amazing skill?

17 No, you can only suffer in the heat when the south wind oppresses the land.

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