Job 37
1 “Also, my heart trembles at this, And it moves from its place.
At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved upward out of its place.
2 Listen diligently to the trembling of His voice, Indeed, the sound goes forth from His mouth.
Hear, O hear, the rattling of his thunder, and the storm's roar that goeth out of his mouth.
3 He directs it under the whole heavens, And its light [is] over the skirts of the earth.
Under the whole heavens he letteth it loose, and his lightning over the ends of the earth.
4 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.
Behind it roareth the thunder; he thundereth with his majestic voice; and he holdeth them not back when his voice is heard.
5 God thunders with His voice wonderfully, Doing great things and we do not know.
God thundereth with his marvelous voice: he doth great things, which we cannot comprehend.
6 For He says to snow: Be [on] the earth. And the small rain and great rain of His power.
For to the snow he saith, Be thou on the earth: likewise the pouring rain, and to the pouring rains of his strength.
7 Into the hand of every man he seals, For the knowledge by all men of His work.
He sealeth it on the hand of every man, that all men whom he hath made may know it.
8 And the beast enters into [its] lair, And it continues in its habitations.
Then retire the beasts into [their] dens, and rest in their lairs.
9 From the inner chamber comes a windstorm, And from scatterings winds—cold,
Out of [his] chamber cometh the whirlwind, and out of the north, the cold.
10 From the breath of God is frost given, And the breadth of waters is constricted,
From the breathing of God ice is given, and the broad waters become solid.
11 Indeed, by filling He presses out a cloud, [and] His light scatters a cloud.
Also with moisture he loadeth the cloud; [and] he scattereth the cloud of his lightning;
12 And it is turning itself around by His counsels, For their doing all He commands them, On the face of the habitable earth.
And it is turned round about by his guidance, to execute what he commandeth it upon the face of the world, the earth.
13 Whether for a rod, or for His land, Or for kindness—He causes it to come.
Whether it be as a chastising rod—if this be destined for his earth—or for kindness, doth he cause it to come.
14 Hear this, O Job, Stand and consider the wonders of God.
Give ear unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider well the wonders of God.
15 Do you know when God places them, And caused the light of His cloud to shine?
Dost thou know how God hath imposed [a law] on them, and [how] he hath caused the light of his cloud to shine?
16 Do you know the balancings of a cloud? The wonders of the Perfect in knowledge?
Dost thou know aught about the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?
17 How your garments [are] warm, In the quieting of the earth from the south?
[Thou] who clothest thyself with warm garments, when He giveth the earth rest from the south wind?
18 You have made an expanse with Him For the clouds—strong as a hard mirror!
Hast thou with him spread out the skies, which are strong even as a molten mirror?
19 Let us know what we say to Him, We do not set in array because of darkness.
Let us know what we shall say unto him: we cannot set aught in order [before him] because of darkness.
20 Is it declared to Him that I speak? If a man has spoken, surely he is swallowed up.
Can [all] be related of him, when I speak [ever so much]? or if a man talk [of him] even till he be swallowed up [in death]?
21 And now, they have not seen the light, It [is] bright in the clouds, And the wind has passed by and cleanses them.
Yet now men see not the light which is bright in the skies, when the wind hath passed along, and purified them.
22 It comes from the golden north, Fearful splendor [is] beside God.
The golden [light] that cometh out of the north: around God is terrible majesty.
23 The Mighty! We have not found Him out, High in power and judgment, He does not answer! And abundant in righteousness,
The Almighty, whom we cannot find out, excellent in power, and in justice, and abounding in righteousness, will not afflict:
24 Therefore men fear Him, He does not see any of the wise of heart.”
Therefore do men fear him; he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
