Job 37
1 At this my heart is shaking; it is moved out of its place.
At this my heart trembleth, And leapeth 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, O hear, the thunder of his voice, And the noise which goeth forth from his mouth!
3 He sends it out through all the heaven, and his thunder-flame to the ends of the earth.
He directeth it under the whole heaven, And his lightning to 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 the thunder roareth; He thundereth with his voice of majesty, And restraineth it not, when his voice is heard.
5 He does wonders, more than may be searched out; great things of which we have no knowledge;
God thundereth with his voice marvellously; Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
6 For he says to the snow, Make the earth wet; and to the rain-storm, Come down.
For he saith to the snow, “Be thou on the earth!” To the shower also, even the showers of his might.
7 He puts an end to the work of every man, so that all may see his work.
He sealeth up the hand of every man, That all men whom he hath made may acknowledge him.
8 Then the beasts go into their holes, and take their rest.
Then the beasts go into dens, And abide in their caverns.
9 Out of its place comes the storm-wind, and the cold out of its store-houses.
Out of the south cometh the whirlwind, And cold out of the north.
10 By the breath of God ice is made, and the wide waters are shut in.
By the breath of God ice is formed, And the broad waters become narrow,
11 The thick cloud is weighted with thunder-flame, and the cloud sends out its light;
Yea, with moisture he burdeneth the clouds; He spreadeth abroad his lightning-clouds.
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,
They move about by his direction, To execute all his commands throughout the world;
13 For a rod, or for a curse, or for mercy, causing it to come on the mark.
Whether he cause them to come for punishment, Or for the land, or for mercy.
14 Give ear to this, O Job, and keep quiet in your place; and take note of the wonders worked by God.
Give ear to this, O Job! Stand still, 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 gave commandment to them, And caused the lightning of his cloud to flash?
16 Have you knowledge of the balancings of the clouds, the wonders of him who has all wisdom?
Dost thou understand the balancing of the clouds, The wondrous works of Him that is perfect in knowledge?
17 You, whose clothing is warm, when the earth is quiet because of the south wind,
How thy garments become warm, When he maketh the earth still by the south wind?
18 Will you, with him, make the skies smooth, and strong as a polished looking-glass?
Canst thou like him spread out the sky, Which is firm like a molten 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.
Teach us what we shall say to him! For we cannot set in order our words by reason 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?
Shall it be told him that I would speak? Shall a man speak, that he may be consumed?
21 And now the light is not seen, for it is dark because of the clouds; but a wind comes, clearing them away.
For now men do not look upon the light, When it is bright in the skies, When the wind hath passed over them, and made them clear.
22 A bright light comes out of the north; God's glory is greatly to be feared.
From the north cometh gold; But with God is terrible majesty!
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 Almighty, we cannot find him out; Great is he in power and justice, Abundant in righteousness; he doth not oppress.
24 For this cause men go in fear of him; he has no respect for any who are wise in heart.
Therefore let men fear him! Upon none of the wise in heart will he look.
