Job 37
1 Indeed, my heart trembles at this; it is moved out of its place.
“Also, my heart trembles at this, And it moves from its place.
2 Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, the sound that goes out from his mouth.
Listen diligently to the trembling of His voice, Indeed, the sound goes forth from His mouth.
3 He sends it out under the whole sky, and he sends out his lightning to the edges of the earth.
He directs it under the whole heavens, And its light [is] over the skirts of the earth.
4 A voice roars after it; he thunders with the voice of his majesty; he does not restrain the lightning bolts 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 thunders marvelously with his voice; he does great things that we cannot comprehend.
God thunders with His voice wonderfully, Doing great things and we do not know.
6 For he says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth'; likewise to the rain shower, 'Become a great shower of rain.'
For He says to snow: Be [on] the earth. And the small rain and great rain of His power.
7 He stops the hand of every man from working, so that all people whom he has made may see his deeds.
Into the hand of every man he seals, For the knowledge by all men of His work.
8 Then the beasts go into hiding and stay in their dens.
And the beast enters into [its] lair, And it continues in its habitations.
9 The storm comes from its chamber in the south and the cold from the scattering winds in the north.
From the inner chamber comes a windstorm, And from scatterings winds—cold,
10 By the breath of God ice is given; the expanse of the waters is frozen like metal.
From the breath of God is frost given, And the breadth of waters is constricted,
11 Indeed, he weighs down the thick cloud with moisture; he scatters his lightning through the clouds.
Indeed, by filling He presses out a cloud, [and] His light scatters a cloud.
12 He swirls the clouds around by his guidance, so that they may do whatever he commands them above the surface of the whole world.
And it is turning itself around by His counsels, For their doing all He commands them, On the face of the habitable earth.
13 He makes all of this happen; sometimes it happens for correction, sometimes for his land, and sometimes as acts of covenant faithfulness.
Whether for a rod, or for His land, Or for kindness—He causes it to come.
14 Listen to this, Job; stop and think about God's marvelous deeds.
Hear this, O Job, Stand and consider the wonders of God.
15 Do you know how God establishes the clouds and makes the lightning bolts to flash in them?
Do you know when God places them, And caused the light of His cloud to shine?
16 Do you understand the floating of the clouds, the marvelous deeds of God, who is perfect in knowledge?
Do you know the balancings of a cloud? The wonders of the Perfect in knowledge?
17 Do you understand how your garments become hot when the land is still because the wind comes from the south?
How your garments [are] warm, In the quieting of the earth from the south?
18 Can you spread out the sky as he can— the sky, which is as strong as a mirror of cast metal?
You have made an expanse with Him For the clouds—strong as a hard mirror!
19 Teach us what we should say to him, for we cannot lay out our arguments in order because of the darkness of our minds.
Let us know what we say to Him, We do not set in array because of darkness.
20 Should he be told that I wish to speak with him? Would a person wish to be swallowed up?
Is it declared to Him that I speak? If a man has spoken, surely he is swallowed up.
21 Now, people cannot look at the sun when it is bright in the sky after the wind has passed through and has cleared it of its clouds.
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 comes golden splendor— over God is fearsome majesty.
It comes from the golden north, Fearful splendor [is] beside God.
23 As for the Almighty, we cannot find him! He is great in power; he does not oppress justice and abundant righteousness.
The Mighty! We have not found Him out, High in power and judgment, He does not answer! And abundant in righteousness,
24 Therefore, people fear him. He does not pay any attention to those who are wise in their own minds.”
Therefore men fear Him, He does not see any of the wise of heart.”
