Job 37:16

16 How he piles up the cumulus clouds - all these miracle-wonders of a perfect Mind?

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 "Job, are you listening? Have you noticed all this? Stop in your tracks! Take in God's miracle-wonders!

15 Do you have any idea how God does it all, how he makes bright lightning from dark storms,

16 How he piles up the cumulus clouds - all these miracle-wonders of a perfect Mind?

17 Why, you don't even know how to keep cool on a sweltering hot day,

18 So how could you even dream of making a dent in that hot-tin-roof sky?