Job 37:14-24

14 Escucha esto, Job; Repósate, y considera las maravillas de Dios.

15 ¿Supiste tú cuándo Dios las ponía en concierto, Y hacía levantar la luz de su nube?

16 ¿Has tú conocido las diferencias de las nubes, Las maravillas del Perfecto en sabiduría?

17 ¿Por qué están calientes tus vestidos Cuando se fija el viento del mediodía sobre la tierra?

18 ¿Extendiste tú con él los cielos, Firmes como un espejo sólido?

19 Muéstranos qué le hemos de decir; Porque nosotros no podemos componer las ideas á causa de las tinieblas.

20 ¿Será preciso contarle cuando yo hablaré? Por más que el hombre razone, quedará como abismado.

21 He aquí aún: no se puede mirar la luz esplendente en los cielos, Luego que pasa el viento y los limpia,

22 Viniendo de la parte del norte la dorada claridad. En Dios hay una majestad terrible.

23 El es Todopoderoso, al cual no alcanzamos, grande en potencia; Y en juicio y en multitud de justicia no afligirá.

24 Temerlo han por tanto los hombres: El no mira á los sabios de corazón.

Job 37:14-24 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 37

Elihu in this chapter proceeds to show the greatness of God as it appears in other of his works of nature, which greatly affected him, and to an attention to which he exhorts others, Job 37:1,2; particularly thunder and lightning, the direction, extent, and order of which he observes, Job 37:3,4; and then suggests that besides these there are other great things done by him, incomprehensible and unknown in various respects; as the snow, and rain, lesser and greater, which come on the earth at his command, and have such effect on men as to seal up their hands, and on the beasts of the field as to cause them to retire to their dens, and there remain, Job 37:5-8; and then he goes on to take notice of wind, and frost, and the clouds, and dispersion of them; their use and ends, whether in judgment or mercy, Job 37:9-13; and then calls on Job to consider these wondrous works of God, and remark how ignorant men are of the disposition of clouds for the rainbow; of the balancing of them; of the heat and quietness that come by the south wind, and of the firmness of the sky, Job 37:14-21; and from all this he concludes the terrible majesty, unsearchable nature of God, the excellency of his power and justice; and that men therefore should and do fear him, who is no respecter of persons, Job 37:21-23.