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