Job 38:35
Can you send out bolts of lightning that they may go out, 1 that they say to you, 'Here we are'? 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
In Context
34Can you raise your voice up to the clouds, 1 so that an abundance of rainwater may cover you? 1
36Who has put wisdom in the clouds 1 or has given understanding to the mists? 1
Cross References
Exodus 9:29Moses said to him, “As soon as I leave the city, I will spread my hands out to Yahweh. The thunder will stop, and there will not be any more hail. In this way you will know that the earth belongs to Yahweh.
Numbers 11:1Now the people complained about their troubles as Yahweh listened. Yahweh heard the people and became angry. Fire from Yahweh burned among them and consumed some of the camp on its edges.
1 Samuel 22:12Saul said, “Listen now, son of Ahitub.” He answered, “Here I am, my master.”
2 Kings 1:14Indeed, fire came down from heaven and consumed the first two captains with their men, but now let my life be precious in your sight.”
Job 37:3He sends it out under the whole sky, 1 and he sends out his lightning to the edges of the earth. 1
Isaiah 65:1“I was ready to be sought out by those who did not ask; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek. 1 I said, 'Here I am! Here I am!' to a nation that did not call on my name. 1
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 →