Tree of Life Version
Job 37:2
2Listen carefully to the roar of His voice, the rumbling that comes 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
1“At this my heart trembles and leaps from its place. Listen carefully to the roar of His voice, the rumbling that comes from His mouth. 3Under the whole heaven He lets it loose, and His light to the ends of the earth. 4After that a voice roars; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not hold them back 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 37:2
- Job 37:5God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things beyond our comprehension.
- Job 36:29Indeed, who can understand the spreading of the clouds, and the thunder from His pavilion?
- Job 38:1Then Adonai answered Job out of the whirlwind. He said:
- Exodus 19:16In the morning of the third day, there was thundering and lightning, a thick cloud on the mountain, and the blast of an exceedingly loud shofar. All the people in the camp trembled.
- Psalms 104:7At Your rebuke the waters fled. At the sound of Your thunder they 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
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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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