Job 36:27-33

27 "He evaporates the drops of water from the earth and turns them into rain.

28 The rain then pours down from the clouds, and showers fall on people.

29 No one understands how God spreads out the clouds or how he sends thunder from where he lives.

30 Watch how God scatters his lightning around him, lighting up the deepest parts of the sea.

31 This is the way God governs the nations; this is how he gives us enough food.

32 God fills his hands with lightning and commands it to strike its target.

33 His thunder announces the coming storm, and even the cattle know it is near.

Job 36:27-33 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.