Job 37

1 “At this my heart pounds and leaps from its place.
2 Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice, to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
3 He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and sends it to the ends of the earth.
4 After that comes the sound of his roar; he thunders with his majestic voice. When his voice resounds, he holds nothing back.
5 God’s voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding.
6 He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’
7 So that everyone he has made may know his work, he stops all people from their labor.[a]
8 The animals take cover; they remain in their dens.
9 The tempest comes out from its chamber, the cold from the driving winds.
10 The breath of God produces ice, and the broad waters become frozen.
11 He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through them.
12 At his direction they swirl around over the face of the whole earth to do whatever he commands them.
13 He brings the clouds to punish people, or to water his earth and show his love.
14 “Listen to this, Job; stop and consider God’s wonders.
15 Do you know how God controls the clouds and makes his lightning flash?
16 Do you know how the clouds hang poised, those wonders of him who has perfect knowledge?
17 You who swelter in your clothes when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
18 can you join him in spreading out the skies, hard as a mirror of cast bronze?
19 “Tell us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.
20 Should he be told that I want to speak? Would anyone ask to be swallowed up?
21 Now no one can look at the sun, bright as it is in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.
22 Out of the north he comes in golden splendor; God comes in awesome majesty.
23 The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.
24 Therefore, people revere him, for does he not have regard for all the wise in heart?[b]

Cross References 46

  • 1. Psalms 38:10; Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 4:19; Habakkuk 3:16
  • 2. S Job 32:10
  • 3. ver 5
  • 4. Psalms 18:13; Psalms 29:3-9
  • 5. S 2 Samuel 22:13; Psalms 18:14
  • 6. S Job 36:32; Matthew 24:27; Luke 17:24
  • 7. S 1 Samuel 2:10
  • 8. S Exodus 20:19
  • 9. S 1 Samuel 2:10; John 12:29
  • 10. S Job 36:33
  • 11. S Job 5:9; S Job 11:7-9; S Job 36:4
  • 12. Deuteronomy 28:12; Job 38:22
  • 13. S Genesis 7:4; S Job 5:10; S Job 28:26; Job 36:27
  • 14. Psalms 109:27
  • 15. Psalms 104:19-23; Psalms 111:2; Job 12:14
  • 16. S Job 28:26
  • 17. Job 38:40; Psalms 104:22
  • 18. Psalms 50:3
  • 19. Psalms 147:17
  • 20. Job 38:29-30; Psalms 147:17
  • 21. S Job 26:8
  • 22. S Job 36:30
  • 23. S Job 28:26; Job 36:27,29
  • 24. S ver 3; Psalms 147:16; Psalms 148:8
  • 25. S Genesis 7:4; Exodus 9:22-23; S 1 Samuel 12:17
  • 26. Exodus 9:18; S 1 Kings 18:45; S Job 5:10; S Job 36:31; Job 38:27
  • 27. S Job 32:10
  • 28. S Job 5:9
  • 29. S Job 36:30
  • 30. S Job 36:32
  • 31. S Job 36:29
  • 32. S Job 5:9; S Job 36:4
  • 33. Acts 27:13
  • 34. S Genesis 1:1,8; S Job 22:14; Job 9:8; Psalms 104:2; Isaiah 44:24
  • 35. Deuteronomy 28:23
  • 36. Romans 8:26
  • 37. S Job 13:18
  • 38. S Job 9:3
  • 39. S Judges 5:31; Acts 22:11; Acts 26:13
  • 40. Psalms 19:5
  • 41. Exodus 24:17
  • 42. S Job 5:9; Job 9:4; S Job 36:4; Romans 11:33; 1 Timothy 6:16
  • 43. S Job 8:3
  • 44. S Job 4:17; Psalms 44:1; Isaiah 63:9">Isaiah 63:9; Jeremiah 25:5; Lamentations 3:33; Isaiah 63:9">Isaiah 63:9; Ezekiel 18:23,32
  • 45. S Genesis 22:12; Job 28:28; Ecclesiastes 12:13; Micah 6:8; Matthew 10:28
  • 46. S Job 5:13; Ephesians 5:15; Matthew 11:25

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Or "work," / "he fills all people with fear by his power"
  • [b]. Or "for he does not have regard for any who think they are wise."

Job 37 Commentaries

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