Job 37:1
“My heart pounds [DOU] when I think about that.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.
In Context
2Listen, all of you, to the thunder, which is like God’s voice [DOU].
Cross References
Exodus 19:16Two days later, during the morning, there was thunder and lightning, and a very dark cloud on the mountain. A trumpet sounded very loudly, with the result that the people in the camp shook/trembled because they were very afraid.
Job 21:6When I think about what has happened to me, I am frightened and my entire body shakes.
Psalms 89:7When your holy angels gather together, they declare that you must be revered; they say that you are more awesome than all the angels that surround your throne!
Jeremiah 5:22Why do you not revere me [RHQ]? You should [RHQ] tremble when you are in my presence! I, Yahweh, am the one who put a barrier along the shores so that the waters of the ocean cannot cross it and flood the land. The waves roll and roar, but they cannot go past that barrier.
Habakkuk 3:16When I saw that vision, my heart pounded and my lips quivered because I became afraid. My legs became weak and I shook, because I was terrified. But I will wait quietly for the people of Babylonia, those who invaded our country, to experience disasters!
Acts 16:26Suddenly there was a very strong earthquake. It shook the entire jail [SYN] and its foundation [SYN]. The earthquake caused all the doors of the jail to open suddenly, and caused all the chains that fastened the prisoners to fall off.
Matthew Henry on Job 37:1
Elihu here goes on to extol the wonderful power of God in the meteors and all the changes of the weather: if, in those changes, we submit to the will of God, take the weather as it is and make the best of it, why should we not do so in other changes of our condition? Here he observes the hand of God, I. In the thunder and lightning, ver. 1-5 . II. In the frost and snow, the rains and wind, ver. 6-13 . III. He applies it to Job, and challenges him to solve the phenomena of these works of nature, that confessing his… Read the whole commentary →