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Job 36:32
32He covers His hands with the lightning, And commands it to strike the mark.
Job 36:32 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
- New International Version (NIV)He fills his hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He covers his hands with the lightning and commands it to strike the mark.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He covers His hands with lightning, And commands it to strike.
Context of Job 36:32
30Behold, 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. He covers His hands with the lightning, And commands it to strike the mark. 33His thundering voice declares [awesomely] His presence; The cattle also are told of His coming storm.
Read all of Job 36Job 36:32 word by word
עַל־כַּפַּ֥יִם כִּסָּה־א֑וֹר וַיְצַ֖ו עָלֶ֣יהָ בְמַפְגִּֽיעַ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 36:32
- Job 26:9He covers the face of the full moon And spreads His cloud over it.
- Exodus 10:21Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, so that darkness may come over the land of Egypt, a darkness which [is so awful that it] may be felt.”
- 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 135:7Who causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth; Who makes lightning for the rain, Who brings the wind from His storehouses;
- Psalms 147:8Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who provides rain for the earth, Who makes grass grow on the mountains.
- Psalms 148:8Lightning and hail, snow and fog; Stormy wind, fulfilling His orders;
- Acts 27:20Since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm kept raging about us, from then on all hope of our being saved was [growing worse and worse and] gradually abandoned.
Commentaries on Job 36:32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32With clouds he covereth the light - This is all extraordinary saying, אור כמה כפים על al cappayim kissah or, which Mr. Good translates, "He brandisheth the blaze athwart the concave." The Vulgate, with which all the other versions less or more agree, has, In manibus abscondit lucem, "In his hands he hideth the light;" or, more literally, "By the hollow of his hands (כפים cappayim ) he concealeth the light, (אור or,") the fountain of light, i.e., the Sun…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32With clouds he covereth the light - The Hebrew here is, על־כפים ‛al -kaphiym - “upon his hands.” Jerome, “In manibus abscondit lucem,” “he hideth the light in his hands.” Septuagint, ̓̀ ͂ ̓́ ͂ Epi cheirōn ekalupse fōs - “he covereth the light in his hands.” The allusion is, undoubtedly, to the lightning, and the image is, that God takes the lightning in his hands, and directs it as he pleases. There has been great variety however, in the exposition of…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. 3232. Rather, "He covereth (both) His hands with light (lightning, Job 37:3, Margin), and giveth it a command against his adversary" (literally, the one "assailing" Him, Psa 8:2; 139:20; Job 21:19). Thus, as in Job 36:31, the twofold effects of His waters are set forth, so here, of His light; in the one hand, destructive lightning against the wicked; in the other, the genial light for good to His friends, &c. (Job 36:33) [Umbreit].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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