Job 38:34
Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
In Context
33Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?
35Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, 'Behold us?'
Cross References
Job 22:11Or darkness — thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.
Amos 5:8The maker of Kimah and Kesil, And the turner to morning of death-shade, And day [as] night He hath made dark, Who is calling to the waters of the sea, And poureth them on the face of the earth, Jehovah [is] His name;
James 5:18and again he did pray, and the heaven did give rain, and the land did bring forth her fruit.
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 →