Job 37:16

16 Do you know how the clouds hang in the sky? Do you know the miracles of God, 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 "Job, listen to this: Stop and notice God's miracles.

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

16 Do you know how the clouds hang in the sky? Do you know the miracles of God, who knows everything?

17 You suffer in your clothes when the land is silenced by the hot, south wind.

18 You cannot stretch out the sky like God and make it look as hard as polished bronze.