Job 38:34
Can thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
In Context
33Do thou know the ordinances of the heavens? Can thou establish the dominion of it on the earth?
35Can thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, and say to thee, Here we are?
Cross References
Job 22:11or darkness, so that thou cannot see, and abundance of waters cover thee.
Amos 5:8[seek him] who makes the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night, who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth (LORD is his name),
James 5:18And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
Matthew Henry on Job 38:26-41
God's Sovereign Dominion and Goodness. ( b. c. 1520.) 25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; 26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; 27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? 28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? 29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? 30 The… Read the whole commentary →