Job 37
1 At this my heart trembles, beating rapidly within me!
At this also mine heart is astonied, and is mooued out of his place.
2 Listen carefully to God's thunderous voice that rumbles as he speaks.
Heare the sound of his voyce, and the noyse that goeth out of his mouth.
3 He sends it across the heaven; his lightning flashes to the ends of the earth.
He directeth it vnder the whole heauen, and his light vnto the endes of the world.
4 Then comes the roar of thunder, his majestic voice holding nothing back when he speaks.
After it a noyse soundeth: hee thundereth with the voyce of his maiestie, and hee will not stay them when his voyce is heard.
5 God's thunderous voice is wonderful! We can't comprehend the great things he does!
God thundereth marueilously with his voyce: he worketh great things, which we know not.
6 He tells the snow to fall and the rain to pour down on the earth.
For he sayth to the snowe, Be thou vpon the earth: likewise to the small rayne and to the great rayne of his power.
7 By this he stops people working so that everyone can understand what he does.
With the force thereof he shutteth vp euery man, that all men may knowe his worke.
8 Even the animals take shelter and remain in their dens.
Then the beastes go into the denne, and remaine in their places.
9 The south wind blows in storms, while the north wind blows in cold weather.
The whirlewind commeth out of the South, and the colde from the North winde.
10 God's breath produces ice, freezing the surface of water solid.
At the breath of God the frost is giuen, and the breadth of the waters is made narrowe.
11 He fills the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning from them.
He maketh also the cloudes to labour, to water the earth, and scattereth the cloude of his light.
12 They swirl around under his control; they move over all the earth as he commands.
And it is turned about by his gouernment, that they may doe whatsoeuer he commandeth them vpon the whole worlde:
13 He does this to accomplish his will, either to discipline or to show his goodness.
Whether it be for punishment, or for his lande, or of mercie, he causeth it to come.
14 Listen to this, Job! Stop for a moment and consider the wonderful things God does.
Hearken vnto this, O Iob: stand and consider the wonderous workes of God.
15 Do you know how God controls the clouds, or makes his lightning flash from them?
Diddest thou knowe when God disposed them? and caused the light of his cloud to shine?
16 Do you know how clouds float in the sky—the wonderful work of him who knows everything.
Hast thou knowen the varietie of the cloude, and the wonderous workes of him, that is perfite in knowledge?
17 You know how your clothes drip with sweat when the south wind brings air that is hot and heavy.
Or howe thy clothes are warme, when he maketh the earth quiet through the South winde?
18 Can you hammer out the sky so it becomes like a molten mirror, as he does?
Hast thou stretched out the heaues, which are strong, and as a molten glasse?
19 So why don't you teach us what to tell God? We cannot make our case because we are in the dark!
Tell vs what we shall say vnto him: for we can not dispose our matter because of darknes.
20 Should God be told that I want to speak? Anyone who wanted to would be destroyed!
Shall it be told him when I speake? or shall man speake when he shalbe destroyed?
21 After all, we can't look at the sun when it blazes brightly in the sky, after the wind has cleared away the clouds.
And nowe men see not the light, which shineth in the cloudes, but the winde passeth and clenseth them.
22 Out of the north God comes shining like gold, surrounded in awesome majesty.
The brightnesse commeth out of the North: the praise thereof is to God, which is terrible.
23 We cannot approach the Almighty for he is far beyond us in power and justice, and doing right.
It is the Almightie: we can not finde him out: he is excellent in power and iudgement, and aboundant in iustice: he afflicteth not.
24 He does not act like a tyrant—no wonder people are in awe of him, though he does not value those who think they're wise.”
Let men therefore feare him: for he will not regarde any that are wise in their owne conceit.
