Job 37
1 “At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place.
“Also, my heart trembles at this, And it moves from its place.
2 Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
Listen diligently to the trembling of His voice, Indeed, the sound goes forth from His mouth.
3 He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.
He directs it under the whole heavens, And its light [is] over the skirts of the earth.
4 Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.
A voice roars after it—He thunders with the voice of His excellence, And He does not hold them back, When His voice is heard.
5 God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.
God thunders with His voice wonderfully, Doing great things and we do not know.
6 For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’
For He says to snow: Be [on] the earth. And the small rain and great rain of His power.
7 He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work.
Into the hand of every man he seals, For the knowledge by all men of His work.
8 The wild animals enter their lairs; they settle down in their dens.
And the beast enters into [its] lair, And it continues in its habitations.
9 The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
From the inner chamber comes a windstorm, And from scatterings winds—cold,
10 By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.
From the breath of God is frost given, And the breadth of waters is constricted,
11 He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.
Indeed, by filling He presses out a cloud, [and] His light scatters a cloud.
12 They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.
And it is turning itself around by His counsels, For their doing all He commands them, On the face of the habitable earth.
13 Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.
Whether for a rod, or for His land, Or for kindness—He causes it to come.
14 Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God.
Hear this, O Job, Stand and consider the wonders of God.
15 Do you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash?
Do you know when God places them, And caused the light of His cloud to shine?
16 Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge?
Do you know the balancings of a cloud? The wonders of the Perfect in knowledge?
17 You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
How your garments [are] warm, In the quieting of the earth from the south?
18 can you, like Him, spread out the skies to reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze?
You have made an expanse with Him For the clouds—strong as a hard mirror!
19 Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness.
Let us know what we say to Him, We do not set in array because of darkness.
20 Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?
Is it declared to Him that I speak? If a man has spoken, surely he is swallowed up.
21 Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.
And now, they have not seen the light, It [is] bright in the clouds, And the wind has passed by and cleanses them.
22 Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.
It comes from the golden north, Fearful splendor [is] beside God.
23 The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.
The Mighty! We have not found Him out, High in power and judgment, He does not answer! And abundant in righteousness,
24 Therefore, men fear Him, for He is not partial to the wise in heart.”
Therefore men fear Him, He does not see any of the wise of heart.”
