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Job 36:30
30See how he spreads the lightning around him and how it lights up 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
28The rain pours down from the clouds, and everyone benefits. 29Who can understand the spreading of the clouds and the thunder that rolls forth from heaven? See how he spreads the lightning around him and how it lights up the depths of the sea. 31By these mighty acts he nourishes the people, giving them food in abundance. 32He fills his hands with lightning bolts and hurls each at 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 38:25“Who created a channel for the torrents of rain? Who laid out the path for the lightning?
- Luke 17:24For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so it will be on the day when the Son of Man comes.
- Job 38:8“Who kept the sea inside its boundaries as it burst from the womb,
- Genesis 1:9Then God said, “Let the waters beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry ground may appear.” And that is what happened.
- Exodus 14:22So the people of Israel walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on each side!
- Exodus 15:4Pharaoh’s chariots and army he has hurled into the sea. The finest of Pharaoh’s officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
- Psalms 18:11He shrouded himself in darkness, veiling his approach with dark rain clouds.
- Psalms 104:5You placed the world on its foundation so it would never be moved.
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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