Christian Standard Bible
Job 37:14
14Listen to this, Job. Stop and consider God’s wonders.
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
12They swirl about, turning round and round at his direction, accomplishing everything he commands them over the surface of the inhabited world. 13He causes this to happen for punishment, for his land, or for his faithful love. Listen to this, Job. Stop and consider God’s wonders. 15Do you know how God directs his clouds or makes their lightning flash? 16Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonderful works of him who has perfect knowledge?
Read all of Job 37Job 37:14 word by word
הַאֲזִ֣ינָה זֹּ֣את אִיּ֑וֹב עֲ֝מֹ֗ד וְהִתְבּוֹנֵ֤ן׀ נִפְלְא֬וֹת אֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 37:14
- Exodus 14:13But Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. Stand firm and see the Lord’s salvation that he will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.
- Psalms 46:10“Stop fighting, and know that I am God, exalted among the nations, exalted on the earth.”
- Habakkuk 2:20But the Lord is in his holy temple; let the whole earth be silent in his presence.
- Job 26:6Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
- Job 36:24Remember that you should praise his work, which people have sung about.
- Psalms 111:2The Lord’s works are great, studied by all who delight in them.
- Psalms 145:5I will speak of your splendor and glorious majesty and your wondrous works.
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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