Job 37:17
15 Do you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash?
16 Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge?
You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
18 can you, like Him, spread out the skies to reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze?
19 Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
- KJV
- How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
- WEB
- You whose clothing is warm when the earth is still by reason of the south wind?
- ASV
- How thy garments are warm, When the earth is still by reason of the south [wind]?
- DARBY
- How thy garments become warm when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
- BLB
- [you] whose garments [are] hot in the quieting of the earth from the south?
- ÅB
- du hvis klær blir varme når jorden ligger og dormer i sønnenvind?
- OTB
- Du hvis klær er varme,
Når landet er stille på grunn av sønnavinden? - B1930
- du hvis klær blir varme når jorden ligger og dormer i sønnenvind?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 147:18
He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.
Read in contextLuke 12:55
And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is.
Read in contextJob 6:17
but ceasing in the dry season and vanishing from their channels in the heat.
Read in contextJob 38:31
Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?
Read in context