Job 26:14

But those events show only a small amount of his power; it is as though we are hearing only whispers of his powerful voice. When we hear thunder, we say, ‘◄Who can really understand how great his power is/No one can really understand how great his power is!► [RHQ]’”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

In Context

13With his breath he caused the sky to be bright/clear; with his hand he killed the great dragon in the sea.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:10Yahweh, you will break into pieces those who oppose you. You will cause thunder in the sky to show that you ◄oppose/are angry with► them. Yahweh, you will judge people everywhere, even those who live in the most remote places on the earth. You will give strength to the king whom you will appoint, and give him great power over his enemies.”

Job 11:7“Tell me, will you ever be able to find out the things about God that are very difficult to understand? Will you be able to find out everything that there is to know about Almighty God?

Job 37:5When God speaks, it is awesome, like thunder; he does amazing things which we cannot fully understand.

Psalms 29:3Yahweh’s voice is heard above the oceans; Yahweh, the glorious God, thunders. His voice thunders over the huge oceans [DOU].

Psalms 145:3Yahweh you are great, and ◄you ought to be praised/people should praise you► very much; we cannot fully realize how great you are.

Isaiah 40:26Look up toward the sky: Consider who [RHQ] created all the stars. Yahweh created them, and at night he causes them to appear; he calls each one by its name. Because he is extremely powerful [DOU], all of the stars are there [LIT] when he calls out their names.

Matthew Henry on Job 26:6-14

The Wisdom and Power of God. ( b. c. 1520.) 5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. 6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. 7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. 9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. 10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. 11… Read the whole commentary →

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