Job 37
1 At this my heart is shaking; it is moved out of its place.
At this my heart trembleth, and is moved out of its place.
2 Give ear to the rolling noise of his voice; to the hollow sound which goes out of his mouth.
Hear ye attentively the terror of his voice, and the sound that cometh out of his mouth.
3 He sends it out through all the heaven, and his thunder-flame to the ends of the earth.
He beholdeth under all the heavens, and his light is upon the ends of the earth.
4 After it a voice is sounding, thundering out the word of his power; he does not keep back his thunder-flames; from his mouth his voice is sounding.
After it a noise shall roar, he shall thunder with the voice of his majesty, and shall not be found out, when his voice shall be heard.
5 He does wonders, more than may be searched out; great things of which we have no knowledge;
God shall thunder wonderfully with his voice, he that doth great and unsearchable things.
6 For he says to the snow, Make the earth wet; and to the rain-storm, Come down.
He commandeth the snow to go down upon the earth, and the winter rain, and the shower of his strength.
7 He puts an end to the work of every man, so that all may see his work.
He sealeth up the hand of all men, that every one may know his works.
8 Then the beasts go into their holes, and take their rest.
Then the beast shall go into his covert, and shall abide in his den.
9 Out of its place comes the storm-wind, and the cold out of its store-houses.
Out of the inner parts shall a tempest come, and cold out of the north.
10 By the breath of God ice is made, and the wide waters are shut in.
When God bloweth there cometh frost, and again the waters are poured out abundantly.
11 The thick cloud is weighted with thunder-flame, and the cloud sends out its light;
Corn desireth clouds, and the clouds spread their light:
12 And it goes this way and that, round about, turning itself by his guiding, to do whatever he gives orders to be done, on the face of his world of men,
Which go round about, whithersoever the will of him that governeth them shall lead them, to whatsoever he shall command them upon the face of the whole earth:
13 For a rod, or for a curse, or for mercy, causing it to come on the mark.
Whether in one tribe, or in his own land, or in what place soever of his mercy he shall command them to be found.
14 Give ear to this, O Job, and keep quiet in your place; and take note of the wonders worked by God.
Hearken to these things, Job: Stand, and consider the wondrous works of God.
15 Have you knowledge of God's ordering of his works, how he makes the light of his cloud to be seen?
Dost thou know when God commanded the rains, to shew his light of his clouds?
16 Have you knowledge of the balancings of the clouds, the wonders of him who has all wisdom?
Knowest thou the great paths of the clouds, and the perfect knowledges?
17 You, whose clothing is warm, when the earth is quiet because of the south wind,
Are not thy garments hot, when the south wind blows upon the earth?
18 Will you, with him, make the skies smooth, and strong as a polished looking-glass?
Thou perhaps hast made the heavens with him, which are most strong, as if they were of molten brass.
19 Make clear to me what we are to say to him; we are unable to put our cause before him, because of the dark.
Shew us what we may say to him: for we are wrapped up in darkness.
20 How may he have knowledge of my desire for talk with him? or did any man ever say, May destruction come on me?
Who shall tell him the things I speak? even if a man shall speak, he shall be swallowed up.
21 And now the light is not seen, for it is dark because of the clouds; but a wind comes, clearing them away.
But now they see not the light: the air on a sudden shall be thickened into clouds, and the wind shall pass and drive them away.
22 A bright light comes out of the north; God's glory is greatly to be feared.
Cold cometh out of the north, and to God praise with fear.
23 There is no searching out of the Ruler of all: his strength and his judging are great; he is full of righteousness, doing no wrong.
We cannot find him worthily: he is great in strength, and in judgment, and in justice, and he is ineffable.
24 For this cause men go in fear of him; he has no respect for any who are wise in heart.
Therefore men shall fear him, and all that seem to themselves to be wise, shall not dare to behold him.
