Hiob 37:11

11 Auch beladet er mit Wasserfülle das Gewölk, breitet weithin aus seine Blitzwolken.

Hiob 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.

Hiob 37:11 In-Context

9 Aus der Kammer des Südens kommt Sturm, und von den Nordwinden Kälte.
10 Durch den Odem Gottes entsteht Eis, und die Breite der Wasser zieht sich zusammen.
11 Auch beladet er mit Wasserfülle das Gewölk, breitet weithin aus seine Blitzwolken.
12 Und unter seiner Leitung wenden sie sich ringsumher zu ihrem Werke, zu allem, was er ihnen gebietet, über die Fläche des Erdkreises hin,
13 sei es, daß er sie zur Geißel, oder für seine Erde, oder zur Erweisung seiner Gnade sich entladen läßt.
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