God’s Word Translation
Job 37:14
14“Open your ears to this, Job. Stop and consider God’s miracles.
Job 37:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
- New International Version (NIV)“Listen to this, Job; stop and consider God’s wonders.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Hear this, O Job; stop and consider the wondrous works of God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Listen to this, O Job; Stand still and consider the wondrous works of God.
Context of Job 37:14
12He guides the clouds as they churn round and round over the face of the inhabited earth to do everything he orders them. 13Whether for discipline, or for ⌞the good of⌟ his earth, or out of mercy, he makes the storm appear. “Open your ears to this, Job. Stop and consider God’s miracles. 15Do you know how God controls them and makes the lightning flash from his clouds? 16Do you know how the clouds drift (these are the miracles of the one who knows everything),
Read all of Job 37Job 37:14 word by word
הַאֲזִ֣ינָה זֹּ֣את אִיּ֑וֹב עֲ֝מֹ֗ד וְהִתְבּוֹנֵ֤ן׀ נִפְלְא֬וֹת אֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 37:14
- Exodus 14:13Moses answered the people, “Don’t be afraid! Stand still, and see what the Lord will do to save you today. You will never see these Egyptians again.
- Psalms 46:10Let go ⌞of your concerns⌟! Then you will know that I am God. I rule the nations. I rule the earth.
- Habakkuk 2:20The Lord is in his holy temple. All the earth should be silent in his presence.
- Job 26:6Sheol is naked in God’s presence, and Abaddon has no clothing.
- Job 36:24Remember that you should praise his work. People have sung about it.
- Psalms 111:2The Lord’s deeds are spectacular. They should be studied by all who enjoy them.
- Psalms 145:5I will think about the glorious honor of your majesty and the miraculous things you have done.
Commentaries on Job 37:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Hearken unto this - Hear what I say on the part of God. Stand still - Enter into deep contemplation on the subject. And consider - Weigh every thing; examine separately and collectively; and draw right conclusions from the whole. The wondrous works of God - Endless in their variety; stupendous in their structure; complicated in their parts; indescribable in their relations and connections; and incomprehensible in the mode of their formation, in the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Hearken unto this, O Job - That is, to the lesson which such events are fitted to convey respecting God. Stand still - In a posture of reverence and attention. The object is to secure a calm contemplation of the works of God, so that the mind might be filled with suitable reverence for him.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-20Verses 14-20 Due thoughts of the works of God will help to reconcile us to all his providences. As God has a powerful, freezing north wind, so he has a thawing, composing south wind: the Spirit is compared to both, because he both convinces and comforts, So 4:16. The best of men are much in the dark concerning the glorious perfections of the Divine nature and the Divine government. Those who, through grace, know much of God, know nothing, in comparison…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. (Psa 111:2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 37
- 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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