Job 37:2

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

1“My heart pounds as I think of this. It trembles within me. Listen carefully to the thunder of God’s voice as it rolls from his mouth. 3It rolls across the heavens, and his lightning flashes in every direction. 4Then comes the roaring of the thunder— the tremendous voice of his majesty. He does not restrain it when he speaks.

Job 37:2 word by word

שִׁמְע֤וּ שָׁמ֣וֹעַ בְּרֹ֣גֶז קֹל֑וֹ וְ֝הֶ֗גֶה מִפִּ֥יו יֵצֵֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• the noiseרֹ֫גֶזrôgez · turmoilH7267
• of his voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• and the soundהֶ֫גֶהhegeh · moaningH1899
• goeth outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• of his mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310

Cross-references for Job 37:2

• Job 37:5God’s voice is glorious in the thunder. We can’t even imagine the greatness of his power.
• Job 36:29Who can understand the spreading of the clouds and the thunder that rolls forth from heaven?
• Job 38:1Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:
• Exodus 19:16On the morning of the third day, thunder roared and lightning flashed, and a dense cloud came down on the mountain. There was a long, loud blast from a ram’s horn, and all the people trembled.
• Psalms 104:7At your command, the water fled; at the sound of your thunder, it hurried away.

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

Topics related to Job 37:2

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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