Job 36:30
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?
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.
- KJV
- Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
- WEB
- Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.
- ASV
- Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea.
- DARBY
- Lo, he spreadeth his light around him, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
- BLB
- Behold, He scatters His lightning around Him, and covers the depths of the sea.
- ÅB
- Se, han breder ut sitt lys omkring seg og dekker det med havets røtter.[^5]
- OTB
- Se, Han sprer sitt lyn rundt seg
og dekker havets dyp. - B1930
- Se, han breder ut sitt lys omkring sig og dekker det med havets røtter. / < d.e. skyer som stiger op av havets dyp.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 38:25
Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
Read in contextExodus 14:22
And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Read in contextExodus 14:28
And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
Read in contextGenesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Read in contextPsalms 18:11–16
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Read in contextPsalms 104:5–9
Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
Read in contextJob 38:34–35
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
Read in contextExodus 15:4–5
Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
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