Job 37:11

11 He loads the clouds with moisture. He scatters his lightning through them.

Job 37:11 Meaning and Commentary

Job 37:11

Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud
By filling it with a multitude of water, it is as it were loaded and made weary with it; and especially by sending it about thus loaded from place to place before discharged, when it becomes as a weary traveller; and then by letting down the water in it, whereby it spends itself like one that is weary; an emblem of ministers that spend and are spent for the good of men: some render it by serenity or fair weather, and so Mr. Broughton,

``by clearness he wearieth the thick vapours;''

by causing a clear sky he dispels them;

he scattereth his bright cloud;
thin light clouds that have nothing in them, and are soon dispersed and come to nothing, and are seen no more; all emblem of such as are clouds without water, ( Jude 1:12 ) ; see ( Zechariah 11:17 ) ; or "he scatters the cloud by his light" F19; by the sun, which dispels clouds and makes a clear sky; an emblem of the blotting out and forgiveness of sins, and of restoring the manifestations of divine love, and the joys of salvation; see ( Isaiah 44:22 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F19 (wrwa Nne Uypy) "dispellit nubem luce sua", Munster.

Job 37:11 In-Context

9 The storm comes out of its storeroom in the heavens. The cold comes from the driving winds.
10 The breath of God produces ice. The shallow water freezes over.
11 He loads the clouds with moisture. He scatters his lightning through them.
12 He directs the clouds to circle above the surface of the whole earth. They do everything he commands them to do.
13 He tells the clouds to punish people. Or he brings them to water his earth and show his love.
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