Job 37:16

16 Hebt gij wetenschap van de opwegingen der dikke wolken; de wonderheden Desgenen, Die volmaakt is in wetenschappen?

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 Neem dit, o Job, ter ore; sta, en aanmerk de wonderen Gods.

15 Weet gij, wanneer God over dezelve orde stelt, en het licht Zijner wolk laat schijnen?

16 Hebt gij wetenschap van de opwegingen der dikke wolken; de wonderheden Desgenen, Die volmaakt is in wetenschappen?

17 Hoe uw klederen warm worden, als Hij de aarde stil maakt uit het zuiden?

18 Hebt gij met Hem de hemelen uitgespannen, die vast zijn, als een gegoten spiegel?