Christian Standard Bible
Job 37:1
1My heart pounds at this and leaps from my chest.
Job 37:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.
- New International Version (NIV)“At this my heart pounds and leaps from its place.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"At this also my heart trembles and leaps out of its place.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“At this also my heart trembles, And leaps from its place.
Context of Job 37:1
My heart pounds at this and leaps from my chest. 2Just listen to his thunderous voice and the rumbling that comes from his mouth. 3He lets it loose beneath the entire sky; his lightning to the ends of the earth.
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אַף־לְ֭זֹאת יֶחֱרַ֣ד לִבִּ֑י וְ֝יִתַּ֗ר מִמְּקוֹמֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 37:1
- Job 4:14fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shake.
- Job 21:6When I think about it, I am terrified and my body trembles in horror.
- Job 38:1Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind. He said:
- Exodus 19:16On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning, a thick cloud on the mountain, and a very loud blast from a ram’s horn, so that all the people in the camp shuddered.
- Psalms 89:7God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones, more awe-inspiring than all who surround him.
- Psalms 119:120I tremble in awe of you; I fear your judgments.
- Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear me? This is the Lord’s declaration. Do you not tremble before me, the one who set the sand as the boundary of the sea, an enduring barrier that it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot pass over it.
- Daniel 10:7Only I, Daniel, saw the vision. The men who were with me did not see it, but a great terror fell on them, and they ran and hid.
- Habakkuk 3:16I heard, and I trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Rottenness entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Now I must quietly wait for the day of distress to come against the people invading us.
- Matthew 28:2There was a violent earthquake, because an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and approached the tomb. He rolled back the stone and was sitting on it.
- Acts 16:26Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the jail were shaken, and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s chains came loose.
Commentaries on Job 37:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1My heart trembleth - This is what the Septuagint has anticipated; see under Job 36:28; (note). A proper consideration of God's majesty in the thunder and lightning is enough to appall the stoutest heart, confound the wisest mind, and fill all with humility and devotion. This, to the middle of Job 37:5, should be added to the preceding chapter, as it is a continuation of the account of the thunder and lightning given at the conclusion of that chapter. Our…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1At this also - That is, in view of the thunderstorm, for it is that which Elihu is describing. This description was commenced in Job 36:29, and is continued to Job 37:5, and should not have been separated by the division into chapters. Elihu sees a tempest rising. The clouds gather, the lightnings flash, the thunder rolls, and he is awed as with the conscious presence of God. There is nowhere to be found a more graphic and impressive description of a…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Elihu observes the power of God. (1-13) Job required to explain the works of nature. (14-20) God is great, and is to be feared. (21-24) Verses 1-13 The changes of the weather are the subject of a great deal of our thoughts and common talk; but how seldom do we think and speak of these things, as Elihu, with a regard to God, the director of them! We must notice the glory of God, not only in the thunder and lightning, but in the more common and less awful…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-24Job 37:1-24. 1. At this--when I hear the thundering of the Divine Majesty. Perhaps the storm already had begun, out of which God was to address Job (Job 38:1).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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