Job 36:33

Job 36:33 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.
• New International Version (NIV)His thunder announces the coming storm; even the cattle make known its approach.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Its crashing declares his presence; the cattle also declare that he rises.
• New King James Version (NKJV)His thunder declares it, The cattle also, concerning the rising storm.

Context of Job 36:33

31This is how he uses the rains to provide for people and to give them more than enough food. 32He fills his hands with lightning and orders it to hit the target. The thunder announces his coming. The storm announces his angry wrath.

Job 36:33 word by word

יַגִּ֣יד עָלָ֣יו רֵע֑וֹ מִ֝קְנֶ֗ה אַ֣ף עַל־עוֹלֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The noiseרֵעַrêa‛ · shoutingH7452
• thereof shewethנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• concerning it, the cattleמִקְנֶהmiqneh · livestockH4735
• also concerning the vapourעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927

Cross-references for Job 36:33

• Job 36:29Can anyone really understand how clouds spread out or how he thunders from his dwelling place?
• Job 37:2Listen! Listen to the roar of God’s voice, to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
• 2 Samuel 22:14The Lord thundered from heaven. The Most High made his voice heard.
• 1 Kings 18:41Then Elijah told Ahab, “Get up, eat, and drink. It sounds like a heavy rain ⌞is coming⌟.”
• Jeremiah 14:4The ground is cracked because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers are disappointed. They cover their heads.
• Joel 1:18The animals groan. Herds of cattle wander around confused. There’s no pasture for them. Even flocks of sheep are suffering.
• Joel 2:22Wild animals, do not be afraid. The pastures in the wilderness have turned green. The trees have produced their fruit. There are plenty of figs and grapes.
• Job 36:27He collects drops of water. He distills rain from his mist,

Commentaries on Job 36:33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33The noise thereof showeth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapor - I think this translation very unhappy. I shall give each hemistich in the original: - רעו עליו יגיד Yaggid alaiv reo עולה על אף מקנה Mikneh aph al oleh . I think this may be translated without any violence to any word in the text: - Its loud noise (or his thunder) shall proclaim concerning him; A magazine of wrath against iniquity. This is literal, and gives, in my opinion, a…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33The noise thereof showeth concerning it - The word “noise” here has been inserted by our translators as a version of the Hebrew word (רעו rê‛ô ), and if the translators attached any idea to the language which they have used, it seems to have been that the noise attending the lightning, that is, the thunder, furnished an illustration of the power and majesty of God. But it is not possible to educe this idea from the original, and perhaps it is not…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. 3333. noise--rather, He revealeth it (literally, "announceth concerning it") to His friend (antithesis to adversary, Job 36:32, so the Hebrew is translated, Job 2:11); also to cattle and plants (literally, "that which shooteth up"; Ge 40:10; 41:22). As the genial effect of "water" in the growth of food, is mentioned, Job 36:31, so here that of "light" in cherishing cattle and plants [Umbreit]. If English Version, "noise" be retained, translate, "His noise…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 36:33

• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena

In the dictionaries

• Ascribe
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• Esteem
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• God
• Noise
• Vapor

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