Job 37

Elihu Proclaims God’s Majesty

1 "At this also my heart trembles

and leaps out of its place.

2 Keep listening to the thunder of his voice

and the rumbling that comes from his mouth.

3 Under the whole heaven he lets it go,

and his *ch. 36:30,32lightning to the *ch. 38:13;[Isa. 11:12;Ezek. 7:2]corners of the earth.

4 After it *ch. 40:9;Ps. 68:33;See Ps. 29:3-9his voice roars;

*Ps. 18:13he thunders with his majestic voice,

and he does not restrain the lightnings*37:4 Hebrew them when his voice is heard.

5 God thunders wondrously with his voice;

he does *See ch. 5:9great things that we cannot *ch. 36:26comprehend.

6 For to *Ps. 147:16,17the snow he says, ‘Fall on the earth,’

likewise to the downpour, his mighty downpour.

7 He *Dan. 12:9;[ch. 14:17] seals up the hand of every man,

that all men whom he made may *Ps. 109:27know it.

8 Then the beasts go into their *ch. 38:40lairs,

and remain in their *Ps. 104:22dens.

9 From *ch. 9:9its chamber *Isa. 21:1;[ch. 1:19] comes the whirlwind,

and *Ps. 147:17cold from the scattering winds.

10 By the breath of God *ch. 38:29,30;Ps. 147:17ice is given,

and *[ch. 36:16]the broad waters are frozen fast.

11 He loads the thick cloud with moisture;

the clouds scatter his lightning.

12 They *Gen. 3:24turn around and around by his *Ps. 148:8guidance,

*Ps. 148:8to accomplish all that he commands them

on the face of *[Prov. 8:31]the habitable world.

13 Whether for *Ex. 9:18,23;1 Sam. 12:18,19;Ezra 10:9;[ch. 36:31; 38:22, 23] correction or for his *ch. 38:26,27land

or for *1 Kgs. 18:45love, he causes it to happen.

14 "Hear this, O Job;

stop and *[Ps. 111:2]consider the wondrous works of God.

15 Do you know how God lays his command upon them

and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?

16 Do you know the balancings*37:16 Or hoverings of the clouds,

the wondrous works of him who is *ch. 36:4;[1 Sam. 2:3]perfect in knowledge,

17 you whose garments are hot

when the earth is still because of the south wind?

18 Can you, like him, *Isa. 42:5;44:24;[Gen. 1:6] spread out the skies,

hard as a cast metal *[Ex. 38:8]mirror?

19 Teach us what we shall say to him;

we cannot draw up our case because of *Isa. 60:2;[Eph. 4:18]darkness.

20 Shall it be told him that I would speak?

Did a man ever wish that he would be swallowed up?

21 "And now no one looks on the light

when it is bright in the skies,

when the wind has passed and cleared them.

22 Out of the north comes golden splendor;

God is clothed with *[Ps. 104:1]awesome majesty.

23 The Almighty—we *1 Tim. 6:16cannot find him;

he is *ch. 36:5great in power;

*Ps. 99:4justice and abundant righteousness he will not *Lam. 3:33violate.

24 Therefore men *Ps. 130:4;[Matt. 10:28] fear him;

he does not regard any who are *[Isa. 5:21;Matt. 11:25;1 Cor. 1:26]wise in their own conceit."*37:24 Hebrew in heart