Job 37:2

2 Listen to it! Listen to his thunder, the rolling, rumbling thunder of his voice.

Job 37:2 Meaning and Commentary

Job 37:2

Hear attentively the noise of his voice
Of the voice of God in the clouds; and of thunder, which is his voice, ( Job 40:9 ) . Elihu being affected with it himself, exhorts the company about him to hearken and listen to it, and learn something from it;

and the sound [that] goeth out of his mouth:
as the former clause may have respect to loud thunder, a more violent crack or clap of it; so this may intend some lesser whispers and murmurs of it at a distance; or a rumbling noise in the clouds before they burst; since the word is sometimes used for private meditation. Now the voice of God, whether in his works of nature, or in the dispensations of his providence, or in his word; whether in the thunder of the law, or in the still sound of the Gospel, is to be attentively hearkened to; because it is the voice of God, the voice of the God of glory, majestic and powerful, and is attended with various effects; of which see ( Psalms 29:3-9 ) .

Job 37:2 In-Context

1 "Whenever this happens, my heart stops - I'm stunned, I can't catch my breath.

2 Listen to it! Listen to his thunder, the rolling, rumbling thunder of his voice.

3 He lets loose his lightnings from horizon to horizon, lighting up the earth from pole to pole.

4 In their wake, the thunder echoes his voice, powerful and majestic. He lets out all the stops, he holds nothing back. No one can mistake that voice -

5 His word thundering so wondrously, his mighty acts staggering our understanding.