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Job 37:14
14“Listen to this, Job; Stand still and consider the wonders of God.
Job 37:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
- New International Version (NIV)“Listen to this, Job; stop and consider God’s wonders.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Hear this, O Job; stop and consider the wondrous works of God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Listen to this, O Job; Stand still and consider the wondrous works of God.
Context of Job 37:14
12Its direction is turned around by His guidance, That it may do whatever He commands it On the face of the inhabited earth. 13Whether [it be] for correction, or for His earth [generally] Or for [His] mercy and lovingkindness, He causes it to happen. “Listen to this, Job; Stand still and consider the wonders of God. 15Do you know how God establishes and commands them, And makes the lightning of His [storm] cloud shine? 16Do 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,
Read all of Job 37Job 37:14 word by word
הַאֲזִ֣ינָה זֹּ֣את אִיּ֑וֹב עֲ֝מֹ֗ד וְהִתְבּוֹנֵ֤ן׀ נִפְלְא֬וֹת אֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 37:14
- Exodus 14:13Then Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid! Take your stand [be firm and confident and undismayed] and see the salvation of the Lord which He will accomplish for you today; for those Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see again.
- Psalms 46:10“Be still and know (recognize, understand) that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth.”
- Habakkuk 2:20But the Lord is in His holy temple. Let all the earth hush and be silent before Him.”
- Job 26:6Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) is naked before God, And Abaddon (the place of destruction) has no covering [from His eyes].
- Job 36:24“Remember that you should magnify God’s work, Of which men have sung.
- Psalms 111:2Great are the works of the Lord, Studied by all those who delight in them.
- Psalms 145:5On the glorious splendor of Your majesty And on Your wonderful works, I will meditate.
Commentaries on Job 37:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Hearken unto this - Hear what I say on the part of God. Stand still - Enter into deep contemplation on the subject. And consider - Weigh every thing; examine separately and collectively; and draw right conclusions from the whole. The wondrous works of God - Endless in their variety; stupendous in their structure; complicated in their parts; indescribable in their relations and connections; and incomprehensible in the mode of their formation, in the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Hearken unto this, O Job - That is, to the lesson which such events are fitted to convey respecting God. Stand still - In a posture of reverence and attention. The object is to secure a calm contemplation of the works of God, so that the mind might be filled with suitable reverence for him.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-20Verses 14-20 Due thoughts of the works of God will help to reconcile us to all his providences. As God has a powerful, freezing north wind, so he has a thawing, composing south wind: the Spirit is compared to both, because he both convinces and comforts, So 4:16. The best of men are much in the dark concerning the glorious perfections of the Divine nature and the Divine government. Those who, through grace, know much of God, know nothing, in comparison…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. (Psa 111:2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 37
- 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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