Job 37:15
◄Do you know how God commands the lightning to flash down from the clouds?/We do not know how God commands the lightning to flash down from the clouds.► [RHQ]
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?
In Context
14“Job, listen to this; stop and think about the wonderful things that God does.
Cross References
Job 28:25When he decided how strongly the winds should blow, and how much rain would be in the clouds,
Job 36:30He causes lightning to flash all around him, but he causes the bottom of the oceans to remain dark.
Job 38:4◄“Where were you/Were you there with me► long ago when I ◄laid the foundations of/created► the earth? Since you know so much, tell me where you were at that time.
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 37:15-21
14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. 15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine? 16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge? 17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind? 18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass? 19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason… Read the whole commentary →