Job 36:32

Job 36:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
• New International Version (NIV)He fills his hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He covers his hands with the lightning and commands it to strike the mark.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He covers His hands with lightning, And commands it to strike.

Context of Job 36:32

30Lo, 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. [His] hands he covereth with lightning, and commandeth it where it is to strike. 33His thundering declareth concerning him; the cattle even, concerning its coming.

Job 36:32 word by word

עַל־כַּפַּ֥יִם כִּסָּה־א֑וֹר וַיְצַ֖ו עָלֶ֣יהָ בְמַפְגִּֽיעַ׃Read the interlinear

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Cross-references for Job 36:32

• Job 26:9He covereth the face of his throne, he spreadeth his cloud upon it.
• Exodus 10:21And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward the heavens, that there may be darkness in the land of Egypt — so that one may feel darkness.
• Psalms 18:11He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
• Psalms 135:7Who causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; who maketh lightnings for the rain; who bringeth the wind out of his treasuries:
• Psalms 147:8Who covereth the heavens with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains;
• Psalms 148:8Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind fulfilling his word;
• Acts 27:20And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small storm lying on us, in the end all hope of our being saved was taken away.

Commentaries on Job 36:32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32With clouds he covereth the light - This is all extraordinary saying, אור כמה כפים על al cappayim kissah or, which Mr. Good translates, "He brandisheth the blaze athwart the concave." The Vulgate, with which all the other versions less or more agree, has, In manibus abscondit lucem, "In his hands he hideth the light;" or, more literally, "By the hollow of his hands (כפים cappayim ) he concealeth the light, (אור or,") the fountain of light, i.e., the Sun…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32With clouds he covereth the light - The Hebrew here is, על־כפים ‛al -kaphiym - “upon his hands.” Jerome, “In manibus abscondit lucem,” “he hideth the light in his hands.” Septuagint, ̓̀ ͂ ̓́ ͂ Epi cheirōn ekalupse fōs - “he covereth the light in his hands.” The allusion is, undoubtedly, to the lightning, and the image is, that God takes the lightning in his hands, and directs it as he pleases. There has been great variety however, in the exposition of…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. 3232. Rather, "He covereth (both) His hands with light (lightning, Job 37:3, Margin), and giveth it a command against his adversary" (literally, the one "assailing" Him, Psa 8:2; 139:20; Job 21:19). Thus, as in Job 36:31, the twofold effects of His waters are set forth, so here, of His light; in the one hand, destructive lightning against the wicked; in the other, the genial light for good to His friends, &c. (Job 36:33) [Umbreit].Read the comment

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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