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Job 36:30
30Behold, He spreads His lightning around Him [against the dark clouds], And He covers the depths of the sea.
Job 36:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
- New International Version (NIV)See how he scatters his lightning about him, bathing the depths of the sea.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, he scatters his lightning about him and covers the roots of the sea.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Look, He scatters His light upon it, And covers the depths of the sea.
Context of Job 36:30
28Which the clouds pour down, They drop abundantly upon mankind.” 29“Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds Or the thundering of His pavilion? Behold, He spreads His lightning around Him [against the dark clouds], And He covers the depths of the sea. 31For by these [mighty acts] He judges the peoples; He gives food in abundance. 32He covers His hands with the lightning, And commands it to strike the mark.
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הֵן־פָּרַ֣שׂ עָלָ֣יו אוֹר֑וֹ וְשָׁרְשֵׁ֖י הַיָּ֣ם כִּסָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 36:30
- Job 38:25“Who has prepared a channel for the torrents of rain and for the flood, Or a path for the thunderbolt,
- Luke 17:24For just like the lightning, when it flashes out of one part of the sky, gives light to the other part of the sky, so [visible] will the Son of Man be in His day.
- Job 38:8“Or who enclosed the sea with doors When it burst forth and went out of the womb;
- Genesis 1:9Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place [of standing, pooling together], and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.
- Exodus 14:22The Israelites went into the middle of the sea on dry land, and the waters formed a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
- Exodus 15:4Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has thrown into the sea; His chosen captains are drowned in the Red Sea.
- Psalms 18:11He made darkness His hiding place (covering); His pavilion (canopy) around Him, The darkness of the waters, the thick clouds of the skies.
- Psalms 104:5He established the earth on its foundations, So that it will not be moved forever and ever.
Commentaries on Job 36:30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30He spreadeth his light upon it - Or, as Mr. Good translates, "He throweth forth from it his flash." These two verses may both have an allusion to the sudden rarefaction of that part of the atmosphere whence the thunder proceeds, by the agency of the electric fluid; the rushing in of the air on each side to restore the equilibrium, which the passage of the fire had before destroyed. The noise produced by this sudden rushing in of the air, as well as that…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it - That is, upon his tabernacle or dwelling-place - the clouds. The allusion is to lightning, which flashes in a moment over the whole heavens. The image is exceedingly beautiful and graphic. The idea of “spreading out” the light in an instant over the whole of the darkened heavens, is that which Elihu had in his mind, and which impressed him so forcibly. On the difficulty in regard to the translation of the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-33Verses 24-33 Elihu endeavours to fill Job with high thought of God, and so to persuade him into cheerful submission to his providence. Man may see God's works, and is capable of discerning his hand in them, which the beasts are not, therefore they ought to give him the glory. But while the worker of iniquity ought to tremble, the true believer should rejoice. Children should hear with pleasure their Father's voice, even when he speaks in terror to his…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. light--lightning. it--His tabernacle (Job 36:29). The light, in an instant spread over the vast mass of dark clouds, forms a striking picture. spread--is repeated from Job 36:29 to form an antithesis. "He spreads not only clouds, but light." covereth the bottom--roots. of the sea--namely, with the light. In the storm the depths of ocean are laid bare; and the light "covers" them, at the same moment that it "spreads" across the dark sky. So in Psa…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 36
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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