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

28The rain pours down from the clouds. There is plenty for the people on the earth. 29Who understands how the clouds move across the sky? How does the noise of thunder come from God's home? Look at the lightning that God sends all over the sky! But he causes the bottom of the sea to remain dark. 31This is the way that God rules the people of the world. He sends the rain to give them plenty of food. 32He sends his lightning like an arrow. He commands it to hit the right place.

Job 36:30 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Behold, he spreadethפָּרַשׂpâraώ · to spreadH6566
• his lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216
• upon it, and coverethכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
• the bottomשֹׁ֫רֶשׁsheresh · rootH8328
• of the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220

Cross-references for Job 36:30

• Job 38:25I make a path for the storms to travel along. I tell the thunder and the strong rain which way to go.
• Luke 17:24When lightning shines, it quickly makes the whole of the sky light from one side to the other. It will be like that on the day when the Son of Man returns.
• Job 38:8When the sea poured out of the ground, I decided where its borders should be. I kept the water in its right place.
• Genesis 1:9God said, ‘The water that is under the sky will come together in one place. Then dry ground will appear.’ And what God said happened.
• Exodus 14:22So the Israelites walked on the dry ground through the middle of the sea. The water was like a wall on their right side and on their left side.
• Exodus 15:4He threw Pharaoh's chariots and his army into the sea. Pharaoh's best officers drowned in the Red Sea.
• Psalms 18:11God covered himself with darkness. He hid himself in dark clouds that held rain.
• Psalms 104:5You, Lord, built the earth on its strong foundations. Nothing will ever shake it from its place.

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