Job 36:32
His hands he covereth with lightning; He giveth it commandment against an enemy.
Noyes Bible
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
31By these he punisheth nations, And by these he giveth food in abundance.
33His thunder maketh him known; Yea, to the herds, as he ascendeth on high.
Cross References
Job 26:9He covereth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his clouds upon it.
Job 37:15Dost thou know when God gave commandment to them, And caused the lightning of his cloud to flash?
Psalms 18:11And he made darkness his covering; His pavilion round about him was dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Psalms 135:7He causeth the clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth; He maketh lightnings for the rain; He bringeth the wind from his store-houses.
Psalms 148:8Fire and hail, snow and vapor; Thou tempest, 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 →