Job 37:21

21 Now no one can look at the sun, bright as it is in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.

Job 37:21 in Other Translations

KJV
21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
ESV
21 "And now no one looks on the light when it is bright in the skies, when the wind has passed and cleared them.
NLT
21 We cannot look at the sun, for it shines brightly in the sky when the wind clears away the clouds.
MSG
21 No one in his right mind stares straight at the sun on a clear and cloudless day.
CSB
21 Now men cannot [even] look at the sun when it is in the skies, after a wind has swept through and cleared them away.

Job 37:21 In-Context

19 “Tell us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.
20 Should he be told that I want to speak? Would anyone ask to be swallowed up?
21 Now no one can look at the sun, bright as it is in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.
22 Out of the north he comes in golden splendor; God comes in awesome majesty.
23 The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Judges 5:31; Acts 22:11; Acts 26:13
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