Job 36:30
Behold, He has spread His light over it, || And He has covered the roots of the sea,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
In Context
29Indeed, do [any] understand || The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His dwelling place?
31For He judges peoples by them, || He gives food in abundance.
Cross References
Genesis 1:9And God says, “Let the waters under the heavens be collected to one place, and let the dry land be seen”: and it is so.
Exodus 14:28and the waters turn back, and cover the chariots and the horsemen, even all the force of Pharaoh, who are coming in after them into the sea—there has not been left even one of them.
Job 38:8And He shuts up the sea with doors, || In its coming forth, it goes out from the womb.
Job 38:34Do you lift up your voice to the cloud, || And abundance of water covers you?
Psalms 104:2Covering Himself [with] light as a garment, || Stretching out the heavens as a curtain,
Luke 17:24for as the lightning is flashing out of one [part] under the sky [and] shines to the other [part] under the sky, so will the Son of Man also be in His day;
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 →