Job 37:16

16 Do you know how the clouds drift (these are the miracles of the one who knows everything),

Job 37:16 Meaning and Commentary

Job 37:16

Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds?
&c.] How those ponderous bodies, as some of them are very weighty, full of water, are poised, and hang in the air, without turning this way or the other, or falling on the earth;

the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge;
of God, who is a God of knowledge, of knowledges, ( 1 Samuel 2:3 ) ; who knows himself and all his works, all creatures and things whatever, see ( Job 36:4 ) ; and this is another of his wondrous works, which none but he, whose knowledge is perfect, and is the author and giver of knowledge, can know, even the poising and balancing of the clouds in the air; we see they are balanced, but we know not how it is done.

Job 37:16 In-Context

14 "Open your ears to this, Job. Stop and consider God's miracles.

15 Do you know how God controls them and makes the lightning flash from his clouds?

16 Do you know how the clouds drift (these are the miracles of the one who knows everything),

17 you whose clothes are hot and sweaty, when the earth is calm under a south wind?

18 Can you stretch out the skies with him and make them as firm as a mirror made of metal?