Job 37
1 “Also, my heart trembles at this, And it moves from its place.
Yea, at this, my heart quaketh, and starteth up out of its place.
2 Listen diligently to the trembling of His voice, Indeed, the sound goes forth from His mouth.
Hear! oh hear! the raging of his voice, A growling sound also, out of his mouth, goeth forth;
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, His lightning also, unto the wings 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.
After it, roareth a voice, He thundereth with his voice of majesty, Nor will he hold them 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 voice, wonderfully, Doing great things, which we cannot know;
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, Fall earthwards, —Also to the downpour of rain, yea the downpour of his mighty rains.
7 Into the hand of every man he seals, For the knowledge by all men of His work.
On the hand of every man, he setteth a seal, that all men may take note of his doing.
8 And the beast enters into [its] lair, And it continues in its habitations.
So then the wild-beast hath gone into covert, and, in its lairs, doth it remain.
9 From the inner chamber comes a windstorm, And from scatterings winds—cold,
Out of a chamber cometh a storm-wind, and, out of the north, cold.
10 From the breath of God is frost given, And the breadth of waters is constricted,
By the breath of GOD, is given—frost, and, the breadth of waters, is congealed;
11 Indeed, by filling He presses out a cloud, [and] His light scatters a cloud.
Also, with moisture, burdeneth he the thick cloud, He disperseth his lightning-cloud;
12 And it is turning itself around by His counsels, For their doing all He commands them, On the face of the habitable earth.
Yea, the same, in circles, turneth itself to and fro, by his steering them to their work, whithersoever he commandeth them, over the face of the world, towards the earth.
13 Whether for a rod, or for His land, Or for kindness—He causes it to come.
Whether, as a rod, or for his earth, or in lovingkindness, he causeth it to come.
14 Hear this, O Job, Stand and consider the wonders of God.
Give thou ear unto this, O Job, Stay, and consider well the wonders of GOD: —
15 Do you know when God places them, And caused the light of His cloud to shine?
Canst thou got to know of GOD’S giving charge over them, or of the causing of the lightning of his cloud to shine forth?
16 Do you know the balancings of a cloud? The wonders of the Perfect in knowledge?
Canst thou get to know concerning the poisings of the thick cloud, the wonders of one who is perfect in knowledge?
17 How your garments [are] warm, In the quieting of the earth from the south?
That thy garments should be hot when he quieteth the earth from the south?
18 You have made an expanse with Him For the clouds—strong as a hard mirror!
Didst thou spread out, with him, the skies, strong 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 to him, We cannot set in order, by reason of darkness.
20 Is it declared to Him that I speak? If a man has spoken, surely he is swallowed up.
Shall it be declared to him—that I would speak? Were any man to say aught, he might he destroyed?
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, bright though it is in the skies, when, a wind, hath passed over, and cleansed them.
22 It comes from the golden north, Fearful splendor [is] beside God.
Out of the north, a golden light cometh, Upon GOD, is fearful splendour:
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 have not fully found out, is great in vigour, —Neither, justice nor abounding righteousness, will he weaken.
24 Therefore men fear Him, He does not see any of the wise of heart.”
Therefore, do men revere him, He will not regard any who are wise in heart.
