Job 38:35
Canst thou send lightnings, and will they go, and will they return and say to thee : Here we are?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
In Context
34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee?
36Who hath put wisdom in the heart of man? or who gave the cock understanding?
Cross References
Exodus 9:29Moses said: As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will stretch forth my hands to the Lord, and the thunders shall cease, and the hail shall be no more: that thou mayst know that the earth is the Lord's.
Numbers 11:1In the mean time there arose a murmuring of the people against the Lord, as it were repining at their fatigue. And when the Lord heard it he was angry. And the fire of the Lord being kindled against them, devoured them that were at the uttermost part of the camp.
1 Samuel 22:12And Saul said to Achimelech: Hear, thou son of Achitob. He answered: Here I am, my lord.
2 Kings 1:14Behold fire came down from heaven, and consumed the two first captains of fifty men, and the fifties that were with them: but now I beseech thee to spare my life.
Job 37:3He beholdeth under all the heavens, and his light is upon the ends of the earth.
Isaiah 65:1They have sought me that before asked not for me, they have found me that sought me not. I said: Behold me, behold me, to a nation that did not call upon my name.
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 →