New English Translation
Job 37:2
2Listen carefully to the thunder of his voice, to the rumbling that proceeds from his mouth.
Job 37:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.
- New International Version (NIV)Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice, to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Keep listening to the thunder of his voice and the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Hear attentively the thunder of His voice, And the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
Context of Job 37:2
1At this also my heart pounds and leaps from its place. Listen carefully to the thunder of his voice, to the rumbling that proceeds from his mouth. 3Under the whole heaven he lets it go, even his lightning to the far corners of the earth. 4After that a voice roars; he thunders with an exalted voice, and he does not hold back his lightning bolts when his voice is heard.
Read all of Job 37Job 37:2 word by word
שִׁמְע֤וּ שָׁמ֣וֹעַ בְּרֹ֣גֶז קֹל֑וֹ וְ֝הֶ֗גֶה מִפִּ֥יו יֵצֵֽא׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 37:2
- Job 37:5God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding.
- Job 36:29Who can understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?
- Job 38:1Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind:
- Exodus 19:16On the third day in the morning there was thunder and lightning and a dense cloud on the mountain, and the sound of a very loud horn; all the people who were in the camp trembled.
- Psalms 104:7Your shout made the waters retreat; at the sound of your thunderous voice they hurried off –
Commentaries on Job 37:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Hear attentively - "Hear with hearing." The words seem to intimate that there was actually at that time a violent storm of thunder and lightning, and that the successive peals were now breaking over the house, and the lightning flashing before their eyes. The storm continued till Elihu had finished, and out of that storm the Almighty spoke. See the beginning of the succeeding chapter, Job 38 (note). The noise of his voice - The sudden clap. And the sound…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Hear attentively - Margin, as in Hebrew “hear in hearing;” that is, bear with attention. It has been supposed by many, and not without probability, that the tempest was already seen rising, out of which God was to address Job Psalm 29:1-11. The word rendered “noise” (רגז rôgez ), means properly “commotion,” that which is fitted to produce perturbation, or disquiet (see Job 3:17, Job 3:26; Isaiah 14:3), and is used here to denote the commotion, or…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The Old Testament often links thunder to God's voice (36:29, 33; 37:5; 38:1; Exodus 19:16–19; Psalm 104:7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Hear attentively--the thunder (noise), &c., and then you will feel that there is good reason to tremble. sound--muttering of the thunder.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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