Job 37:11

11 He also fills clouds with moisture; his lightning scatters clouds.

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 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Job 37:11 In-Context

9 The storm comes from its chamber, the cold from the north wind.

10 By God's breath ice forms; water's expanse becomes solid.

11 He also fills clouds with moisture; his lightning scatters clouds.

12 He overturns the circling clouds; by his guidance they do their work, doing everything he commands over the entire earth.

13 Whether for punishment, for his world, or for kindness, God makes it all happen.