Job 37:15

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 Living Translation (NLT)Do you know how God controls the storm and causes the lightning to flash from his clouds?

Context of Job 37:15

13He causes it to come, Whether for correction, Or for His land, Or for mercy. 14“Listen to this, O Job; Stand still and consider the wondrous works of God. Do you know when God dispatches them, And causes the light of His cloud to shine? 16Do you know how the clouds are balanced, Those wondrous works of Him who is perfect in knowledge? 17Why are your garments hot, When He quiets the earth by the south wind?

Job 37:15 word by word

הֲ֭תֵדַע בְּשׂוּם־אֱל֣וֹהַּ עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וְ֝הוֹפִ֗יעַ א֣וֹר עֲנָנֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Dost thou knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• when Godאֱלֹהַּ'ĕlôahh 'ĕlôahh · godH433
• disposedשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• them, and caused the lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216
• of his cloudעָנָן‛ânân · cloudH6051
• to shineיָפַעyâpha‛ · to shineH3313

Cross-references for Job 37:15

• Job 28:24For He looks to the ends of the earth, And sees under the whole heavens,
• Job 34:13Who gave Him charge over the earth? Or who appointed Him over the whole world?
• Job 38:4“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
• Psalms 119:90Your faithfulness endures to all generations; You established the earth, and it abides.
• Isaiah 40:26Lift up your eyes on high, And see who has created these things, Who brings out their host by number; He calls them all by name, By the greatness of His might And the strength of His power; Not one is missing.
• Job 37:11Also with moisture He saturates the thick clouds; He scatters His bright clouds.
• Job 36:30Look, He scatters His light upon it, And covers the depths of the sea.
• Job 38:24By what way is light diffused, Or the east wind 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

Topics related to Job 37:15

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

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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