Job 37:1-12

1“Indeed, at His thundering my heart trembles And leaps out of its place.

2Listen carefully to the thunder of His voice, And the rumbling that goes out of His mouth!

3He lets it loose under the whole heaven, And His lightning to the ends of the earth.

4After 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.

5God thunders marvelously with His voice; He does great things which we cannot comprehend.

6For 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.’

7God 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].

8Then the beast goes into its lair And remains in its hiding place.

9Out of its chamber comes the storm, And cold from the north wind.

10Ice is made by the breath of God, And the expanse of the waters is frozen.

11He loads the thick cloud with moisture; He disperses the cloud of His lightning.

12Its direction is turned around by His guidance, That it may do whatever He commands it On the face of the inhabited earth.