Job 37

1 At this my heart is shaking; it is moved out of its place.

“Also, my heart trembles at this, And it moves from its place.

2 Give ear to the rolling noise of his voice; to the hollow sound which goes out of his mouth.

Listen diligently to the trembling of His voice, Indeed, the sound goes forth from His mouth.

3 He sends it out through all the heaven, and his thunder-flame to the ends of the earth.

He directs it under the whole heavens, And its light [is] over the skirts 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.

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 He does wonders, more than may be searched out; great things of which we have no knowledge;

God thunders with His voice wonderfully, Doing great things and we do not know.

6 For he says to the snow, Make the earth wet; and to the rain-storm, Come down.

For He says to snow: Be [on] the earth. And the small rain and great rain of His power.

7 He puts an end to the work of every man, so that all may see his work.

Into the hand of every man he seals, For the knowledge by all men of His work.

8 Then the beasts go into their holes, and take their rest.

And the beast enters into [its] lair, And it continues in its habitations.

9 Out of its place comes the storm-wind, and the cold out of its store-houses.

From the inner chamber comes a windstorm, And from scatterings winds—cold,

10 By the breath of God ice is made, and the wide waters are shut in.

From the breath of God is frost given, And the breadth of waters is constricted,

11 The thick cloud is weighted with thunder-flame, and the cloud sends out its light;

Indeed, by filling He presses out a cloud, [and] His light scatters a cloud.

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,

And it is turning itself around by His counsels, For their doing all He commands them, On the face of the habitable earth.

13 For a rod, or for a curse, or for mercy, causing it to come on the mark.

Whether for a rod, or for His land, Or for kindness—He causes it to come.

14 Give ear to this, O Job, and keep quiet in your place; and take note of the wonders worked by God.

Hear this, O Job, Stand and consider the wonders of God.

15 Have you knowledge of God's ordering of his works, how he makes the light of his cloud to be seen?

Do you know when God places them, And caused the light of His cloud to shine?

16 Have you knowledge of the balancings of the clouds, the wonders of him who has all wisdom?

Do you know the balancings of a cloud? The wonders of the Perfect in knowledge?

17 You, whose clothing is warm, when the earth is quiet because of the south wind,

How your garments [are] warm, In the quieting of the earth from the south?

18 Will you, with him, make the skies smooth, and strong as a polished looking-glass?

You have made an expanse with Him For the clouds—strong as a hard mirror!

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.

Let us know what we say to Him, We do not set in array because of 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?

Is it declared to Him that I speak? If a man has spoken, surely he is 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.

And now, they have not seen the light, It [is] bright in the clouds, And the wind has passed by and cleanses them.

22 A bright light comes out of the north; God's glory is greatly to be feared.

It comes from the golden north, Fearful splendor [is] beside God.

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.

The Mighty! We have not found Him out, High in power and judgment, He does not answer! And abundant in righteousness,

24 For this cause men go in fear of him; he has no respect for any who are wise in heart.

Therefore men fear Him, He does not see any of the wise of heart.”