Job 38:35
Can you cause flashes of lightning to come down and strike where you want it to strike? Do those flashes say to you, ‘Where do you want us to strike next?’
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
In Context
34“Can you shout to the clouds and cause rain to pour down on you?
36Who enables the clouds to know when they should cause rain to fall?
Cross References
Exodus 9:29Moses/I replied, “As soon as I go out of this city, I will lift up my hands and pray to Yahweh. Then the thunder will cease, and no more hail will fall. This will happen in order that you will know that Yahweh, not your gods, controls everything that happens on the earth.
Numbers 11:1One day the people complained to Yahweh about their troubles. When Yahweh heard what they were saying, he became angry. So he sent a fire which burned among the people at the edge of their camp.
1 Samuel 22:12Saul said to Ahimelech, “You son of Ahitub, listen to me!” Ahimelech answered, “Yes, sir!”
2 Kings 1:14We know that two times fire came down from the sky and killed officers and the 50 soldiers who were with them. So now, please be kind to me!”
Job 37:3He causes thunder to be heard all across the sky, and he causes lighting to flash to the most distant places on the earth.
Isaiah 65:1This is what Yahweh said: “I was ready to reply to my people, but no one requested me to help them. I was ready to help even those who did not call out to me. I continued to say, ‘I am here to help you!’
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 →