Job 37:11

Indeed, by filling He presses out a cloud, [and] His light scatters a cloud.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

In Context

10From the breath of God is frost given, || And the breadth of waters is constricted,

12And it is turning itself around by His counsels, || For their doing all He commands them, || On the face of the habitable earth.

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Cross References

Job 26:8Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, || And the cloud is not burst under them.

Job 36:32By two palms He has covered the light, || And lays a charge over it in meeting,

Matthew 17:5While he is yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, the Beloved, in whom I delighted; hear Him.”

Matthew Henry on Job 37:7-14

6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. 7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work. 8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places. 9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. 10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened. 11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud: 12 And it is turned round about by… Read the whole commentary →

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