English Standard Version
Job 36:32
32He covers his hands with the lightning and commands it to strike the mark.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He covers His hands with lightning, And commands it to strike.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He fills his hands with lightning bolts and hurls each at its target.
Context of Job 36:32
30Behold, he scatters his lightning about him and covers the roots of the sea. 31For by these he judges peoples; he gives food in abundance. He covers his hands with the lightning and commands it to strike the mark. 33Its crashing declares his presence; the cattle also declare that he rises.
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עַל־כַּפַּ֥יִם כִּסָּה־א֑וֹר וַיְצַ֖ו עָלֶ֣יהָ בְמַפְגִּֽיעַ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 36:32
- Job 26:9He covers the face of the full moon and spreads over it his cloud.
- Exodus 10:21Then the Lord said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt."
- Psalms 18:11He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, thick clouds dark with water.
- Psalms 135:7He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth, who makes lightnings for the rain and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.
- Psalms 147:8He covers the heavens with clouds; he prepares rain for the earth; he makes grass grow on the hills.
- Psalms 148:8fire and hail, snow and mist, stormy wind fulfilling his word!
- Acts 27:20When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.
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
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