Job 38:34
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, So that abundance of waters will cover thee?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
In Context
33Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Hast thou appointed their dominion over the earth?
35Canst thou send forth lightnings, so that they will go, And say to thee, “Here we are”?
Cross References
Job 22:11Or darkness, through which thou canst not see, And floods of water cover thee.
Amos 5:8Seek him, that made the Pleiades and Orion; That changeth death-like darkness into morning, And darkeneth day into night; That calleth up the waters of the sea, And poureth them out upon the face of the earth; Jehovah is his name!
James 5:18and again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
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 →