Job 37:16

16 Do you know how the clouds hang poised, those wonders of him who has perfect knowledge?

Job 37:16 in Other Translations

16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?

16 Do you know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge,

16 Do you understand how he moves the clouds with wonderful perfection and skill?

16 How he piles up the cumulus clouds - all these miracle-wonders of a perfect Mind?

16 Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonderful works of Him who has perfect knowledge?

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, Job; stop and consider God’s wonders.

15 Do you know how God controls the clouds and makes his lightning flash?

16 Do you know how the clouds hang poised, those wonders of him who has perfect knowledge?

17 You who swelter in your clothes when the land lies hushed under the south wind,

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

Cross References

• 1. S Job 36:29
• 2. S Job 5:9; S Job 36:4