Job 38:35
Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee: 'Here we are'?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 abundance of waters may cover thee?
36Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?
Cross References
Exodus 9:29And Moses said unto him: 'As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread forth my hands unto the LORD; the thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know that the earth is the LORD'S.
Numbers 11:1And the people were as murmurers, speaking evil in the ears of the LORD; and when the LORD heard it, His anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the camp.
1 Samuel 22:12And Saul said: 'Hear now, thou son of Ahitub.' And he answered: 'Here I am, my lord.'
2 Kings 1:14Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and consumed the two former captains of fifty with their fifties; but now let my life be precious in thy sight'
Job 37:3He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, and His lightning unto the ends of the earth.
Isaiah 65:1I gave access to them that asked not for Me, I was at hand to them that sought Me not; I said: 'Behold Me, behold Me', unto a nation that was not called by 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 →