Job 36:32
[His] hands he covereth with light; and he commandeth it to strike the one who striveth against him.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
In Context
31For by means of them he judgeth nations, he giveth food in superfluity.
33The noise of his storm telleth of it, yea, the cattle also, of the rising tempest.
Cross References
Job 26:9He closed up the surface of his throne, spreading over it his cloud;
Job 37:15Dost thou know how God hath imposed [a law] on them, and [how] he hath caused the light of his cloud to shine?
Psalms 18:11(18:12) He made darkness his hiding-place, round about him as his pavilion, dark waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Psalms 135:7He causeth clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with the rain; he bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.
Psalms 148:8Fire, and hail, snow, and vapor; thou storm-wind that fulfillest his word;
Matthew Henry on Job 36:25-33
24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold. 25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off. 26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out. 27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: 28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly. 29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle? 30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the… Read the whole commentary →