Job 36:30
Lo! he hath spread out over it, his lightning, The bed of the sea, hath he covered.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
In Context
29But surely none can understand the burstings of the cloud, the crashing of his pavilion!
31For, by those things, he executeth judgment on peoples, He giveth food in abundance:
Cross References
Genesis 1:9And God said—Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together, into one place, and let the dry—ground appear. And it was so.
Exodus 14:28thus the waters returned and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the forces of Pharaoh that were entering after them into the sea,—there was not left remaining among them so much as one.
Job 38:8Or [who] shut in, with double doors, the sea, when, bursting out of the womb, it came forth;
Job 38:34Canst thou lift up, to the thick cloud, thy voice, and the overflow of waters cover thee?
Psalms 104:2Putting on light, as a robe, Stretching out the heavens, as a curtain;
Luke 17:24For, just as, the lightning, flashing out of the one part under heaven, unto the other part under heaven, shineth, so, shall be, the Son of Man.
Matthew Henry on Job 36:25-33
24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold. 25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off. 26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out. 27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: 28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly. 29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle? 30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the… Read the whole commentary →