Job 36:29
27 For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,
28 which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind.
Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion?
30 See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.
31 For by these He judges the nations and provides food in abundance.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion?
- KJV
- Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
- WEB
- Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds and the thunderings of his pavilion?
- ASV
- Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?
- DARBY
- But can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the crashing of his pavilion?
- BLB
- Indeed, if one will understand the spreading out of a cloud, the noises [from] His pavilion?
- ÅB
- Kan også noen forstå hvordan skyene breder seg ut, hvordan det braker fra hans telt[^4]?
- OTB
- Kan noen forstå skyenes utbredelse,
tordenen fra Hans paviljong? - B1930
- Kan også nogen forstå hvorledes skyene breder sig ut, hvorledes det braker fra hans telt? / < d.e. skyene.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 37:16
Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge?
Read in contextJob 37:2–5
Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
Read in contextPsalms 29:3–10
The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters.
Read in contextJob 26:14
Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
Read in contextNahum 1:3
The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
Read in contextJob 38:9
when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,
Read in contextPsalms 18:13
The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.
Read in contextHabakkuk 3:10
The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.
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