Job 38:35
Can you send out bolts of lightning and direct them, so that they can answer you saying, ‘Here we are’?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
In Context
34Can you shout to the clouds and command them to pour rain down on you?
36Who has placed wisdom inside people? Who has given understanding to the mind?
Cross References
Exodus 9:29“Once I've left the city, I will pray to the Lord for you,” Moses told him. “The thunder will stop, and there'll be no more hail, so that you will realize that the earth belongs to the Lord.
Numbers 11:1It wasn't long before the people started to complain about how much they were suffering. When the Lord heard what they were saying, he became angry. Fire from the Lord burned them, destroying some on the edge of the camp.
1 Samuel 22:12“Now you listen, son of Ahitub,” the king shouted. “What is it, my lord?” Ahimelech asked.
2 Kings 1:14Yes, fire has fallen from heaven and burned up the first two captains of fifty, along with all their men. But now please value my life!”
Job 37:3He sends it across the heaven; his lightning flashes to the ends of the earth.
Isaiah 65:1I let myself be consulted by people who weren't even asking me questions; I let myself be found by people who weren't even looking for me. To a nation that wasn't even calling for me, I said, “I'm here, I'm here!”
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 →