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Job 37:15
15Do you know how God establishes and commands them, And makes the lightning of His [storm] cloud shine?
Job 37:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?
- New International Version (NIV)Do you know how God controls the clouds and makes his lightning flash?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Do you know how God lays his command upon them and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do you know when God dispatches them, And causes the light of His cloud to shine?
Context of Job 37:15
13Whether [it be] for correction, or for His earth [generally] Or for [His] mercy and lovingkindness, He causes it to happen. 14“Listen to this, Job; Stand still and consider the wonders of God. Do 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, 17You whose garments are hot, When He quiets the earth [in sultry summer] with the [oppressive] south wind?
Read all of Job 37Job 37:15 word by word
הֲ֭תֵדַע בְּשׂוּם־אֱל֣וֹהַּ עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וְ֝הוֹפִ֗יעַ א֣וֹר עֲנָנֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 37:15
- Job 28:24For He looks to the ends of the earth And sees everything under the heavens.
- Job 34:13Who put God in charge over the earth? And who has laid on Him the whole world?
- Job 38:4Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you know and have understanding.
- Psalms 119:90Your faithfulness continues from generation to generation; You have established the earth, and it stands [securely].
- Isaiah 40:26Lift up your eyes on high And see who has created these heavenly bodies, The One who brings out their host by number, He calls them all by name; Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power, Not one is missing.
- Job 37:11He loads the thick cloud with moisture; He disperses the cloud of His lightning.
- Job 36:30Behold, He spreads His lightning around Him [against the dark clouds], And He covers the depths of the sea.
- Job 38:24Where is the way that the light is distributed, Or the east wind scattered over the earth?
Commentaries on Job 37:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Dost thou know when God disposed them - Dost thou know the laws by which they are governed; and the causes which produce such and such phenomena? And caused the light of his cloud to shine? - Almost every critic of note understands this of the rainbow, which God gave as a sign that the earth should no more be destroyed by water. See Genesis 9:13; (note), and the note there.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Dost thou know when God disposed them? - That is, the winds, the clouds, the cold, the snow, the sky, etc. The question refers to the manner in which God arranges and governs them, rather than to the time when it was done. So the Hebrew implies, and so the connection demands. The question was not whether Job knew “when” all this was done, but whether he could explain “how” it was that God thus arranged and ordered the things referred to. Elihu asks 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. 1515. when--rather, "how." disposed them--lays His charge on these "wonders" (Job 37:14) to arise. light--lightning. shine--flash. How is it that light arises from the dark thundercloud?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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