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