Job 36:30

Job 36:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
• New International Version (NIV)See how he scatters his lightning about him, bathing the depths of the sea.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, he scatters his lightning about him and covers the roots of the sea.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Look, He scatters His light upon it, And covers the depths of the sea.

Context of Job 36:30

28Which the skies pour down [and] drop upon man abundantly. 29But can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the crashing of his pavilion? Lo, he spreadeth his light around him, and covereth the bottom of the sea. 31For with them he judgeth the peoples; he giveth food in abundance. 32[His] hands he covereth with lightning, and commandeth it where it is to strike.

Job 36:30 word by word

הֵן־פָּרַ֣שׂ עָלָ֣יו אוֹר֑וֹ וְשָׁרְשֵׁ֖י הַיָּ֣ם כִּסָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

• lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216
• seaיָםyâm · seaH3220

Cross-references for Job 36:30

• Job 38:25Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder's flash;
• Luke 17:24For as the lightning shines which lightens from [one end] under heaven to [the other end] under heaven, thus shall the Son of man be in his day.
• Job 38:8And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?
• Genesis 1:9And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry [land] appear. And it was so.
• Exodus 14:22And the children of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry [ground]; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
• Exodus 15:4Pharaoh's chariots and his army hath he cast into the sea; His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
• Psalms 18:11He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
• Psalms 104:5He laid the earth upon its foundations: it shall not be removed for ever.

Commentaries on Job 36:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30He spreadeth his light upon it - Or, as Mr. Good translates, "He throweth forth from it his flash." These two verses may both have an allusion to the sudden rarefaction of that part of the atmosphere whence the thunder proceeds, by the agency of the electric fluid; the rushing in of the air on each side to restore the equilibrium, which the passage of the fire had before destroyed. The noise produced by this sudden rushing in of the air, as well as that…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it - That is, upon his tabernacle or dwelling-place - the clouds. The allusion is to lightning, which flashes in a moment over the whole heavens. The image is exceedingly beautiful and graphic. The idea of “spreading out” the light in an instant over the whole of the darkened heavens, is that which Elihu had in his mind, and which impressed him so forcibly. On the difficulty in regard to the translation of the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-33Verses 24-33 Elihu endeavours to fill Job with high thought of God, and so to persuade him into cheerful submission to his providence. Man may see God's works, and is capable of discerning his hand in them, which the beasts are not, therefore they ought to give him the glory. But while the worker of iniquity ought to tremble, the true believer should rejoice. Children should hear with pleasure their Father's voice, even when he speaks in terror to his…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. light--lightning. it--His tabernacle (Job 36:29). The light, in an instant spread over the vast mass of dark clouds, forms a striking picture. spread--is repeated from Job 36:29 to form an antithesis. "He spreads not only clouds, but light." covereth the bottom--roots. of the sea--namely, with the light. In the storm the depths of ocean are laid bare; and the light "covers" them, at the same moment that it "spreads" across the dark sky. So in Psa…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 36:30

• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena

In the dictionaries

• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Ascribe
• Elihu
• Esteem
• Hang
• Bottom
• God

Commentaries on Job 36

• 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