Job 37:11

Yea, by filling He doth press out a cloud, Scatter a cloud doth His light.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

In Context

10From the breath of God is frost given, And the breadth of waters is straitened,

12And it is turning itself round by His counsels, For their doing all He commandeth them, On the face of the habitable earth.

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Cross References

Job 26:8Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.

Job 36:32By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,

Matthew 17:5While he is yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, 'This is My Son, — the Beloved, in whom I did delight; hear him.'

Matthew Henry on Job 37:7-14

6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. 7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work. 8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places. 9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. 10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened. 11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud: 12 And it is turned round about by… Read the whole commentary →

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