Job 38:35

Canst thou send out lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here are we?

Leeser Tanakh

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 to the clouds thy voice, that the abundance of waters may cover thee?

36Who hath put wisdom in the dark clouds? or who hath given understanding to the bright meteors?

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Cross References

Exodus 9:29And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands unto the Lord: the thunders shall cease, and the hail shall not be any more; in order that thou mayest know how that to the Lord belongeth the earth.

Numbers 11:1And it came to pass that as the people complained in a manner displeasing in the ears of the Lord, the Lord heard it, and his anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed at the uttermost part of the camp.

1 Samuel 22:12And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Achitub. And he said, here am I, my Lord.

2 Kings 1:14Behold, there came down a fire from heaven, and consumed the two captains of the first fifties with their fifties; and now let my life be precious in thy eyes.

Job 37:3Under the whole heavens he letteth it loose, and his lightning over the ends of the earth.

Isaiah 65:1I allowed myself to be sought by those that asked not; I let myself be found by those that sought me not: I said, Here am I, here am I, unto a nation that called itself not 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 →

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