Job 37:17
You know how your clothes drip with sweat when the south wind brings air that is hot and heavy.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
In Context
16Do you know how clouds float in the sky—the wonderful work of him who knows everything.
18Can you hammer out the sky so it becomes like a molten mirror, as he does?
Cross References
Job 6:17but in the heat it dries up and disappears, vanishing from where it once was.
Psalms 147:18Then he sends out his command and it melts; he blows on it and the water flows.
Matthew Henry on Job 37:15-21
14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. 15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine? 16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge? 17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind? 18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass? 19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason… Read the whole commentary →