New English Translation
Job 37:15
15Do you know how God commands them, how he makes lightning flash in his storm cloud?
Job 37:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?
- New International Version (NIV)Do you know how God controls the clouds and makes his lightning flash?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Do you know how God lays his command upon them and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do you know when God dispatches them, And causes the light of His cloud to shine?
Context of Job 37:15
13Whether it is for punishment for his land, or whether it is for mercy, he causes it to find its mark. 14“Pay attention to this, Job! Stand still and consider the wonders God works. Do you know how God commands them, how he makes lightning flash in his storm cloud? 16Do you know about the balancing of the clouds, that wondrous activity of him who is perfect in knowledge? 17You, whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind,
Read all of Job 37Job 37:15 word by word
הֲ֭תֵדַע בְּשׂוּם־אֱל֣וֹהַּ עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וְ֝הוֹפִ֗יעַ א֣וֹר עֲנָנֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 37:15
- Job 28:24For he looks to the ends of the earth and observes everything under the heavens.
- Job 34:13Who entrusted to him the earth? And who put him over the whole world?
- Job 38:4“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding!
- Psalms 119:90You demonstrate your faithfulness to all generations. You established the earth and it stood firm.
- Isaiah 40:26Look up at the sky! Who created all these heavenly lights? He is the one who leads out their ranks; he calls them all by name. Because of his absolute power and awesome strength, not one of them is missing.
- Job 37:11He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through the clouds.
- Job 36:30See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea.
- Job 38:24In what direction is lightning dispersed, or the east winds scattered over the earth?
Commentaries on Job 37:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Dost thou know when God disposed them - Dost thou know the laws by which they are governed; and the causes which produce such and such phenomena? And caused the light of his cloud to shine? - Almost every critic of note understands this of the rainbow, which God gave as a sign that the earth should no more be destroyed by water. See Genesis 9:13; (note), and the note there.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Dost thou know when God disposed them? - That is, the winds, the clouds, the cold, the snow, the sky, etc. The question refers to the manner in which God arranges and governs them, rather than to the time when it was done. So the Hebrew implies, and so the connection demands. The question was not whether Job knew “when” all this was done, but whether he could explain “how” it was that God thus arranged and ordered the things referred to. Elihu asks him…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. 1515. when--rather, "how." disposed them--lays His charge on these "wonders" (Job 37:14) to arise. light--lightning. shine--flash. How is it that light arises from the dark thundercloud?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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