New English Translation
Job 36:30
30See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea.
Job 36:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
- New International Version (NIV)See how he scatters his lightning about him, bathing the depths of the sea.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, he scatters his lightning about him and covers the roots of the sea.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Look, He scatters His light upon it, And covers the depths of the sea.
Context of Job 36:30
28which the clouds pour down and shower on humankind abundantly. 29Who can understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion? See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea. 31It is by these that he judges the nations and supplies food in abundance. 32With his hands he covers the lightning, and directs it against its target.
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הֵן־פָּרַ֣שׂ עָלָ֣יו אוֹר֑וֹ וְשָׁרְשֵׁ֖י הַיָּ֣ם כִּסָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 36:30
- Job 38:25Who carves out a channel for the heavy rains, and a path for the rumble of thunder,
- Luke 17:24For just like the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.
- Job 38:8“Who shut up the sea with doors when it burst forth, coming out of the womb,
- Genesis 1:9God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear.” It was so.
- Exodus 14:22So the Israelites went through the middle of the sea on dry ground, the water forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.
- Exodus 15:4The chariots of Pharaoh and his army he has thrown into the sea, and his chosen officers were drowned in the Red Sea.
- Psalms 18:11He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds.
- Psalms 104:5He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be upended.
Commentaries on Job 36:30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30He spreadeth his light upon it - Or, as Mr. Good translates, "He throweth forth from it his flash." These two verses may both have an allusion to the sudden rarefaction of that part of the atmosphere whence the thunder proceeds, by the agency of the electric fluid; the rushing in of the air on each side to restore the equilibrium, which the passage of the fire had before destroyed. The noise produced by this sudden rushing in of the air, as well as that…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it - That is, upon his tabernacle or dwelling-place - the clouds. The allusion is to lightning, which flashes in a moment over the whole heavens. The image is exceedingly beautiful and graphic. The idea of “spreading out” the light in an instant over the whole of the darkened heavens, is that which Elihu had in his mind, and which impressed him so forcibly. On the difficulty in regard to the translation of the…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. 3030. light--lightning. it--His tabernacle (Job 36:29). The light, in an instant spread over the vast mass of dark clouds, forms a striking picture. spread--is repeated from Job 36:29 to form an antithesis. "He spreads not only clouds, but light." covereth the bottom--roots. of the sea--namely, with the light. In the storm the depths of ocean are laid bare; and the light "covers" them, at the same moment that it "spreads" across the dark sky. So in Psa…Read the comment
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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
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