New Living Translation
Job 37:3
3It rolls across the heavens, and his lightning flashes in every direction.
Job 37:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
- New International Version (NIV)He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and sends it to the ends of the earth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Under the whole heaven he lets it go, and his lightning to the corners of the earth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He sends it forth under the whole heaven, His lightning to the ends of the earth.
Context of Job 37:3
1“My heart pounds as I think of this. It trembles within me. 2Listen carefully to the thunder of God’s voice as it rolls from his mouth. It 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. 5God’s voice is glorious in the thunder. We can’t even imagine the greatness of his power.
Read all of Job 37Job 37:3 word by word
תַּֽחַת־כָּל־הַשָּׁמַ֥יִם יִשְׁרֵ֑הוּ וְ֝אוֹר֗וֹ עַל־כַּנְפ֥וֹת הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 37:3
- Psalms 77:13O God, your ways are holy. Is there any god as mighty as you?
- Psalms 97:4His lightning flashes out across the world. The earth sees and trembles.
- Matthew 24:27For as the lightning flashes in the east and shines to the west, so it will be when the Son of Man comes.
- Revelation 11:19Then, in heaven, the Temple of God was opened and the Ark of his covenant could be seen inside the Temple. Lightning flashed, thunder crashed and roared, and there was an earthquake and a terrible hailstorm.
- Job 38:13Have you made daylight spread to the ends of the earth, to bring an end to the night’s wickedness?
- Isaiah 11:12He will raise a flag among the nations and assemble the exiles of Israel. He will gather the scattered people of Judah from the ends of the earth.
Commentaries on Job 37:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3He directeth it under the whole heaven - He directeth it (the lightning) under the whole heaven, in the twinkling of an eye from east to west; and its light - the reflection of the flash, not the lightning, unto the ends of the earth, so that a whole hemisphere seems to see it at the same instant.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3He directeth it under the whole heaven - It is under the control of God, and he directs it where he pleases. It is not confined to one spot, but seems to be complaining from every part of the heavens. And his lightning - Margin, as in Hebrew “light.” There can be no doubt that the lightning is intended. Unto the ends of the earth - Margin, as in Hebrew “wings.” The word wings is given to the earth from the idea of its being spread out or expanded like the…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. directeth it--however zigzag the lightning's course; or, rather, it applies to the pealing roll of the thunder. God's all-embracing power. ends--literally, "wings," "skirts," the habitable earth being often compared to an extended garment (Job 38:13; Is 11:12).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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