Job 37:16

Job 37:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
• New International Version (NIV)Do you know how the clouds hang poised, those wonders of him who has perfect knowledge?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Do you know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Do you know how the clouds are balanced, Those wondrous works of Him who is perfect in knowledge?

Context of Job 37:16

14“Listen to this, Job; Stand and consider the wonders of God. 15Do you know how God establishes them, And makes the lightning of His clouds to shine? Do you know about the hovering of the clouds, The wonders of One who is perfect in knowledge, 17You whose garments are hot When the land is still because of the south wind? 18Can you, with Him, spread out the skies, Strong as a cast metal mirror?

Job 37:16 word by word

הֲ֭תֵדַע עַל־מִפְלְשֵׂי־עָ֑ב מִ֝פְלְא֗וֹת תְּמִ֣ים דֵּעִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• Do you knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• aboutעַל‛al · uponH5921
• the hoveringמִפְלָשׂmiphlâώ · swayingH4657
• of the cloudsעָב‛âb · cloudH5645
• wondersמִפְלָאָהmiphlâ'âh · wonderH4652
• perfectתָּמִיםtâmîym · unblemishedH8549
• in knowledgeדֵּעַdêa‛ · knowledgeH1843

Cross-references for Job 37:16

• Job 26:8He wraps up the waters in His clouds, And the cloud does not burst under them.
• Job 36:29Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, The thundering of His pavilion?
• Psalms 104:2Covering Yourself with light as with a cloak, Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain.
• Isaiah 40:22It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain And spreads them out like a tent to live in.
• Jeremiah 10:13When He utters His voice, there is a roar of waters in the heavens, And He makes the clouds ascend from the end of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain, And brings out the wind from His storehouses.
• Job 36:4For truly my words are not false; One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
• Psalms 104:24Lord, how many are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all; The earth is full of Your possessions.
• Psalms 147:5Great is our Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite.
• Proverbs 3:19The Lord founded the earth by wisdom, He established the heavens by understanding.
• Jeremiah 10:12It is He who made the earth by His power, Who established the world by His wisdom; And by His understanding He has stretched out the heavens.

Commentaries on Job 37:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds - How are the clouds suspended in the atmosphere? Art thou so well acquainted with the nature of evaporation, and the gravity of the air at different heights, to support different weights of aqueous vapor, so as to keep them floating for a certain portion of time, and then let them down to water the earth; dost thou know these things so as to determine the laws by which they are regulated? Wondrous works of him…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds? - That is, Dost thou know how the clouds are poised and suspended in the air? The difficulty to be explained was, that the clouds, so full of water, did not fail to the earth, but remained suspended in the atmosphere. They were poised and moved about by some unseen hand. Elihu asks what kept them there; what prevented their falling to the earth; what preserved the equilibrium so that they did not all roll…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. 1616. Hebrew, "Hast thou understanding of the balancings," &c., how the clouds are poised in the air, so that their watery gravity does not bring them to the earth? The condensed moisture, descending by gravity, meets a warmer temperature, which dissipates it into vapor (the tendency of which is to ascend) and so counteracts the descending force. perfect in knowledge--God; not here in the sense that Elihu uses it of himself (Job 36:4). dost thou know--how…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 37:16

• Blessing
• God
• God Continued...
• Ignorance
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena
• Religion

In the dictionaries

• Comprehend
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• Elihu
• Astronomy
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• God

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