Christian Standard Bible
Job 37:2
2Just listen to his thunderous voice and the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
Job 37:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.
- New International Version (NIV)Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice, to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Keep listening to the thunder of his voice and the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Hear attentively the thunder of His voice, And the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
Context of Job 37:2
1My heart pounds at this and leaps from my chest. Just 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. 4Then there comes a roaring sound; God thunders with his majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when his rumbling voice is heard.
Read all of Job 37Job 37:2 word by word
שִׁמְע֤וּ שָׁמ֣וֹעַ בְּרֹ֣גֶז קֹל֑וֹ וְ֝הֶ֗גֶה מִפִּ֥יו יֵצֵֽא׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 37:2
- Job 37:5God thunders wondrously with his voice; he does great things that we cannot comprehend.
- Job 36:29Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out or how the thunder roars from God’s pavilion?
- 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 104:7At your rebuke the water fled; at the sound of your thunder they hurried away —
Commentaries on Job 37:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Hear attentively - "Hear with hearing." The words seem to intimate that there was actually at that time a violent storm of thunder and lightning, and that the successive peals were now breaking over the house, and the lightning flashing before their eyes. The storm continued till Elihu had finished, and out of that storm the Almighty spoke. See the beginning of the succeeding chapter, Job 38 (note). The noise of his voice - The sudden clap. And the sound…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Hear attentively - Margin, as in Hebrew “hear in hearing;” that is, bear with attention. It has been supposed by many, and not without probability, that the tempest was already seen rising, out of which God was to address Job Psalm 29:1-11. The word rendered “noise” (רגז rôgez ), means properly “commotion,” that which is fitted to produce perturbation, or disquiet (see Job 3:17, Job 3:26; Isaiah 14:3), and is used here to denote the commotion, or…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The Old Testament often links thunder to God's voice (36:29, 33; 37:5; 38:1; Exodus 19:16–19; Psalm 104:7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Hear attentively--the thunder (noise), &c., and then you will feel that there is good reason to tremble. sound--muttering of the thunder.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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