Job 38:35

Job 38:35 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
• New International Version (NIV)Do you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go and say to you, 'Here we are'?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Can you send out lightnings, that they may go, And say to you, ‘Here we are!’?

Context of Job 38:35

33Do you know the laws of heaven? Can you impose its authority on earth? 34Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you? Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go? Do they report to you, “Here we are”? 36Who put wisdom in the heart or gave the mind understanding? 37Who has the wisdom to number the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of heaven

Job 38:35 word by word

הַֽתְשַׁלַּ֣ח בְּרָקִ֣ים וְיֵלֵ֑כוּ וְיֹאמְר֖וּ לְךָ֣ הִנֵּֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Canst thou sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• lightningsבָּרָקbârâq · lightningH1300
• that they may goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• and sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Cross-references for Job 38:35

• Exodus 9:23So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail. Lightning struck the land, and the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt.
• Leviticus 10:2Then fire came from the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.
• Numbers 11:1Now the people began complaining openly before the Lord about hardship. When the Lord heard, his anger burned, and fire from the Lord blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.
• Numbers 16:35Fire also came out from the Lord and consumed the 250 men who were presenting the incense.
• 2 Kings 1:10Elijah responded to the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” Then fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men.
• Revelation 11:5If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and consumes their enemies; if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this way.
• 1 Samuel 22:12Then Saul said, “Listen, son of Ahitub!” “I’m at your service, my lord,” he said.
• Isaiah 6:8Then I heard the voice of the Lord asking: Who will I send? Who will go for us? I said: Here I am. Send me.
• Isaiah 65:1“I was sought by those who did not ask; I was found by those who did not seek me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’ to a nation that did not call on my name.

Commentaries on Job 38:35

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 35Canst thou send lightnings - We have already seen that the lightning is supposed to be immediately in the hand and under the management of God. The great god of the heathen, Jupiter Brontes, is represented with the forked lightnings and thunderbolt in his hand. He seems so to grasp the bickering flame that, though it struggles for liberty, it cannot escape from his hold. Lightnings - How much like the sound of thunder is the original word: ברכים Berakim !…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 35Canst thou send lightnings? - That is, lightning is wholly under the control of God. So it is now; for after all that man has done to discover its laws, and to guard against it, yet still man has made no advances toward a power to wield it, nor is it possible that he ever should. It is one of the agencies in the universe that is always to be under the divine direction, and however much man may subsidize to his purposes wind, and water, and steam, and air…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-41Verses 25-41 Hitherto God had put questions to Job to show him his ignorance; now God shows his weakness. As it is but little that he knows, he ought not to arraign the Divine counsels; it is but little he can do, therefore he ought not to oppose the ways of Providence. See the all-sufficiency of the Divine Providence; it has wherewithal to satisfy the desire of every living thing. And he that takes care of the young ravens, certainly will not be wanting…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-41God challenges Job. Job admits he cannot judge the moral world. God shows Job's ignorance of the natural world's elements related to the realm of heaven, weather, animals, and birds (38:4–21; 22–38; 39–39:30).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-3819-38. The marvels in heaven. "What is the way (to the place wherein) light dwelleth?" The origin of light and darkness. In Ge 1:3-5, 14-18, "light" is created distinct from, and previous to, light-emitting bodies, the luminaries of heaven.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 38:35

• Blessing
• God
• Lightning
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Job 38

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings