Job 37
37
Elihu Says God has Authority over the Storm
1“Indeed, at His thundering my heart trembles
And leaps out of its place.
2“Listen carefully to the thunder of His voice,
And the rumbling that goes out of His mouth!
3“He lets it loose under the whole heaven,
And His lightning to the ends of the earth.
4“After it, His voice roars;
He thunders with the voice of His majesty,
And He does not restrain His lightning [against His adversaries] when His voice is heard.
5“God thunders marvelously with His voice;
He does great things which we cannot comprehend.
6“For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth’;
And [He speaks] to the showers and to the downpour [of His mighty rains], ‘Be strong.’
7“God seals (brings to a standstill, stops) [by severe weather] the hand of every man,
That all men [whom He has made] may know His work [that is, His sovereign power and their subjection to it].
8“Then the beast goes into its lair
And remains in its hiding place.
9“Out of its chamber comes the storm,
And cold from the north wind.
10“Ice is made by the breath of God,
And the expanse of the waters is frozen. [Ps 147:17, 18]
11“He loads the thick cloud with moisture;
He disperses the cloud of His lightning.
12“Its direction is turned around by His guidance,
That it may do whatever He commands it
On the face of the inhabited earth.
13“Whether [it be] for correction, or for His earth [generally]
Or for [His] mercy and lovingkindness, He causes it to happen. [Ex 9:18, 23; 1 Sam 12:18, 19]
14¶“Listen to this, Job;
Stand still and consider the wonders of God.
15“Do you know how God establishes and commands them,
And makes the lightning of His [storm] cloud shine?
16“Do you know about the layers of thick clouds [and how they are balanced and poised in the heavens],
The wonderful works of Him who is perfect in knowledge,
17You whose garments are hot,
When He quiets the earth [in sultry summer] with the [oppressive] south wind?
18“Can you, with Him, spread out the sky,
Strong as a molten mirror?
19“Tell us [Job] what words [of man] shall we say to such a Being;
We cannot state our case because of darkness [that is, our ignorance in the presence of the unsearchable God].
20“So shall it be told Him that I wish to speak?
Or should a man say that he would be swallowed up [and destroyed by God]?
21¶“Now people cannot look at the light when it is bright in the skies [without being blinded],
When the wind has passed and cleared them.
22“Out of the north comes golden splendor [and people can hardly look on it];
Around God is awesome splendor and majesty [far too glorious for man’s eyes].
23“The Almighty—we cannot find Him;
He is exalted in power
And He will not do violence to [nor disregard] justice and abundant righteousness. [1 Tim 6:16]
24“Men therefore fear Him;
He does not regard nor respect any who are wise in heart [in their own understanding and conceit].” [Matt 10:28]
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Job 37
37
1The storm makes my heart beat wildly.
2Listen, all of you, to the voice of God,
to the thunder that comes from his mouth.
3He sends the lightning across the sky,
from one end of the earth to the other.
4Then the roar of his voice is heard,
the majestic sound of thunder,
and all the while the lightning flashes.
5At God's command amazing things happen,
wonderful things that we can't understand.
6He commands snow to fall on the earth,
and sends torrents of drenching rain.
7He brings our work to a stop;
he shows us what he can do.#37.7 One ancient translation them what he can do; Hebrew this to those whom he has made.
8The wild animals go to their dens.
9The storm winds come from the south,
and the biting cold from the north.
10The breath of God freezes the waters,
and turns them to solid ice.
11Lightning flashes from the clouds,#37.11 Verse 11 in Hebrew is unclear.
12as they move at God's will.
They do all that God commands,
everywhere throughout the world.
13God sends rain to water the earth;
he may send it to punish us,
or to show us his favour.
14Pause a moment, Job, and listen;
consider the wonderful things God does.
15Do you know how God gives the command
and makes lightning flash from the clouds?
16Do you know how clouds float in the sky,
the work of God's amazing skill?
17No, you can only suffer in the heat
when the south wind oppresses the land.
18Can you help God stretch out the sky
and make it as hard as polished metal?
19Teach us what to say to God;
our minds are blank; we have nothing to say.
20I won't ask to speak with God;
why should I give him a chance to destroy me?
21And now the light in the sky is dazzling,
too bright for us to look at it;
and the sky has been swept clean by the wind.
22A golden glow is seen in the north,
and the glory of God fills us with awe.
23God's power is so great that we cannot come near him;
he is righteous and just in his dealings with us.
24No wonder, then, that everyone stands in awe of him,
and that he ignores those who claim to be wise.
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