New American Standard Bible 1995

Job 37:1-12

1“At this also my heart trembles, And leaps from its place.2Listen closely to the 1thunder of His voice, And the rumbling that goes out from His mouth.3Under the whole heaven He lets it loose, And His 2lightning to the 3ends of the earth.4After it, a voice roars; He thunders with His majestic voice, And He does not restrain 4the lightnings when His voice is heard.5God 5thunders with His voice wondrously, Doing 6great things which we cannot comprehend.6For to 7the snow He says, ‘Fall on the earth,’ And to the 8 9downpour and the rain, ‘Be strong.’7He 10seals the hand of every man, That 11all men may know His work.8Then the beast goes into its 12lair And remains in its 13den.9Out of the 14 15south comes the storm, And out of the 16north the cold.10From the breath of God 17ice is made, And the expanse of the waters is frozen.11Also with moisture He 18loads the thick cloud; He 19disperses 20the cloud of His 21lightning.12It changes direction, turning around by His guidance, That 22it may do whatever He 23commands 24it On the 25face of the inhabited earth.

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Notes

1. Job 37:2 Job 36:33; 37:4, 5; Ps 29:3-9 ↩
2. Job 37:3 Lit light ↩
3. Job 37:3 Job 28:24; 37:11, 12; 38:13 ↩
4. Job 37:4 Lit them ↩
5. Job 37:5 Job 26:14 ↩
6. Job 37:5 Job 5:9; 37:14, 16, 23 ↩
7. Job 37:6 Job 38:22 ↩
8. Job 37:6 Lit shower of rain and shower of rains ↩
9. Job 37:6 Job 36:27 ↩
10. Job 37:7 Job 12:14 ↩
11. Job 37:7 Ps 111:2 ↩
12. Job 37:8 Job 38:40; Ps 104:21, 22 ↩
13. Job 37:8 Lit dens ↩
14. Job 37:9 Lit chamber ↩
15. Job 37:9 Job 9:9 ↩
16. Job 37:9 Lit scattering winds ↩
17. Job 37:10 Job 38:29; Ps 147:17 ↩
18. Job 37:11 Job 36:27 ↩
19. Job 37:11 Job 36:29 ↩
20. Job 37:11 Job 37:15 ↩
21. Job 37:11 Lit light ↩
22. Job 37:12 Lit they ↩
23. Job 37:12 Job 36:32; Ps 148:8 ↩
24. Job 37:12 Lit them ↩
25. Job 37:12 Is 14:21; 27:6 ↩

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