Job 36:26-33

26 "Certainly, God is so great that he is beyond our understanding. The number of his years cannot be counted.

27 He collects drops of water. He distills rain from his mist,

28 which then drips from the clouds. It pours down on many people.

29 Can anyone really understand how clouds spread out or how he thunders from his dwelling place?

30 Look, he scatters his flashes of lightning around him and covers the depths of the sea.

31 This is how he uses the rains to provide for people and to give them more than enough food.

32 He fills his hands with lightning and orders it to hit the target.

33 The thunder announces his coming. The storm announces his angry wrath.

Job 36:26-33 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 36

This chapter, with the following, contains Elihu's fourth and last discourse, the principal view of which is to vindicate the righteousness of God; which is done by observing the dealings of God with men in his providence, according to their different characters, and from the wonderful works wrought by him in a sovereign manner, and for the benefit of his creatures. This chapter is introduced with a preface, the design of which is to gain attention, Job 36:1-4; the different dealings of God with men are observed, and the different issue of them, and the different ends answered thereby, Job 36:5-15; and it is suggested to Job, that had he attended to the design of the providence he was under, and had submitted to it patiently, things would have been otherwise with him; and therefore Elihu proceeds to give him some advice, which, if taken, would be for his own good, and the glory of God, Job 36:16-25; and closes the chapter by observing the unsearchable greatness of God, as appears by the works of nature wrought by him, Job 36:26-33.