Job 36:26-32

26 We cannot fully know his greatness or count the number of his years.

27 It is God who takes water from the earth and turns it into drops of rain.

28 He lets the rain pour from the clouds in showers for all human beings.

29 No one knows how the clouds move or how the thunder roars through the sky, where God dwells.

30 He sends lightning through all the sky, but the depths of the sea remain dark.

31 This is how he feeds the people and provides an abundance of food.

32 He seizes the lightning with his hands and commands it to hit the mark.

Job 36:26-32 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 36

This chapter, with the following, contains Elihu's fourth and last discourse, the principal view of which is to vindicate the righteousness of God; which is done by observing the dealings of God with men in his providence, according to their different characters, and from the wonderful works wrought by him in a sovereign manner, and for the benefit of his creatures. This chapter is introduced with a preface, the design of which is to gain attention, Job 36:1-4; the different dealings of God with men are observed, and the different issue of them, and the different ends answered thereby, Job 36:5-15; and it is suggested to Job, that had he attended to the design of the providence he was under, and had submitted to it patiently, things would have been otherwise with him; and therefore Elihu proceeds to give him some advice, which, if taken, would be for his own good, and the glory of God, Job 36:16-25; and closes the chapter by observing the unsearchable greatness of God, as appears by the works of nature wrought by him, Job 36:26-33.

Footnotes

• [a]. [Probable text] feeds; [Hebrew] judges.