God’s Word Translation
Job 37:4
4It is followed by the roar of his voice. He thunders with his majestic voice. He doesn’t hold the lightning back when his thunder is heard.
Job 37:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
- New International Version (NIV)After that comes the sound of his roar; he thunders with his majestic voice. When his voice resounds, he holds nothing back.
- English Standard Version (ESV)After it his voice roars; he thunders with his majestic voice, and he does not restrain the lightnings when his voice is heard.
- New King James Version (NKJV)After it a voice roars; He thunders with His majestic voice, And He does not restrain them when His voice is heard.
Context of Job 37:4
2Listen! Listen to the roar of God’s voice, to the rumbling that comes from his mouth. 3He flashes his lightning everywhere under heaven. His light flashes to the ends of the earth. It is followed by the roar of his voice. He thunders with his majestic voice. He doesn’t hold the lightning back when his thunder is heard. 5God’s voice thunders in miraculous ways. It does great things that we cannot understand. 6“He says to the snow, ‘Fall to the ground,’ and to the pouring rain, ‘Rain harder!’
Read all of Job 37Job 37:4 word by word
אַחֲרָ֤יו׀ יִשְׁאַג־ק֗וֹל יַ֭רְעֵם בְּק֣וֹל גְּאוֹנ֑וֹ וְלֹ֥א יְ֝עַקְּבֵ֗ם כִּֽי־יִשָּׁמַ֥ע קוֹלֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 37:4
- Psalms 29:3The voice of the Lord rolls over the water. The God of glory thunders. The Lord shouts over raging water.
- Psalms 68:33God rides through the ancient heaven, the highest heaven. Listen! He makes his voice heard, his powerful voice.
- Exodus 15:7With your unlimited majesty, you destroyed those who attacked you. You sent out your burning anger. It burned them up like straw.
- Deuteronomy 33:26“There’s no one like your God, Jeshurun! He rides through the heavens to help you. In majesty he rides through the clouds.
- Job 36:27He collects drops of water. He distills rain from his mist,
Commentaries on Job 37:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4After it a voice roareth - After the flash has been seen, the peal is heard; and this will be more or fewer seconds after the peal, in proportion to the distance of the thunder cloud from the ear. Lightning traverses any space without any perceivable succession of time; nothing seems to be any obstacle to its progress. A multitude of persons taking hands, the first and the last connected with the electric machine, all feel the shock in the same instant…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4After it a voice roareth - After the lightning; that is, the flash is seen before the thunder is heard. This is apparent to all, the interval between the lightning and the hearing of the thunder depending on the distance. Lucretius, who has referred to the same fact, compares this with what occurs when a woodman is seen at a distance to wield an axe. The glance of the axe is seen long before the sound of the blow is heard: Sed tonitrum fit uti post…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. The thunderclap follows at an interval after the flash. stay them--He will not hold back the lightnings (Job 37:3), when the thunder is heard [Maurer]. Rather, take "them" as the usual concomitants of thunder, namely, rain and hail [Umbreit] (Job 40:9).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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