Job 36:33

Job 36:33 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.
• New International Version (NIV)His thunder announces the coming storm; even the cattle make known its approach.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Its crashing declares his presence; the cattle also declare that he rises.
• New King James Version (NKJV)His thunder declares it, The cattle also, concerning the rising storm.

Context of Job 36:33

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. His thunder announces the coming storm, the cattle also, concerning the storm’s approach.

Job 36:33 word by word

יַגִּ֣יד עָלָ֣יו רֵע֑וֹ מִ֝קְנֶ֗ה אַ֣ף עַל־עוֹלֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The noiseרֵעַrêa‛ · shoutingH7452
• thereof shewethנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• concerning it, the cattleמִקְנֶהmiqneh · livestockH4735
• also concerning the vapourעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927

Cross-references for Job 36:33

• Job 36:29Who can understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?
• Job 37:2Listen carefully to the thunder of his voice, to the rumbling that proceeds from his mouth.
• 2 Samuel 22:14The Lord thundered from the sky; the sovereign One shouted loudly.
• 1 Kings 18:41Then Elijah told Ahab, “Go on up and eat and drink, for the sound of a heavy rainstorm can be heard.”
• Jeremiah 14:4They are dismayed because the ground is cracked because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers, too, are dismayed and bury their faces in their hands.
• Joel 1:18Listen to the cattle groan! The herds of livestock wander around in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
• Joel 2:22Do not fear, wild animals! For the pastures of the wilderness are again green with grass. Indeed, the trees bear their fruit; the fig tree and the vine yield to their fullest.
• Job 36:27He draws up drops of water; they distill the rain into its mist,

Commentaries on Job 36:33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33The noise thereof showeth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapor - I think this translation very unhappy. I shall give each hemistich in the original: - רעו עליו יגיד Yaggid alaiv reo עולה על אף מקנה Mikneh aph al oleh . I think this may be translated without any violence to any word in the text: - Its loud noise (or his thunder) shall proclaim concerning him; A magazine of wrath against iniquity. This is literal, and gives, in my opinion, a…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33The noise thereof showeth concerning it - The word “noise” here has been inserted by our translators as a version of the Hebrew word (רעו rê‛ô ), and if the translators attached any idea to the language which they have used, it seems to have been that the noise attending the lightning, that is, the thunder, furnished an illustration of the power and majesty of God. But it is not possible to educe this idea from the original, and perhaps it is not…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. 3333. noise--rather, He revealeth it (literally, "announceth concerning it") to His friend (antithesis to adversary, Job 36:32, so the Hebrew is translated, Job 2:11); also to cattle and plants (literally, "that which shooteth up"; Ge 40:10; 41:22). As the genial effect of "water" in the growth of food, is mentioned, Job 36:31, so here that of "light" in cherishing cattle and plants [Umbreit]. If English Version, "noise" be retained, translate, "His noise…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 36:33

• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena

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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