Job 37:21
19 Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness.
20 Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up ?
Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.
22 Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.
23 The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.
- KJV
- And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
- WEB
- Now men don’t see the light which is bright in the skies, but the wind passes, and clears them.
- ASV
- And now men see not the light which is bright in the skies; But the wind passeth, and cleareth them.
- DARBY
- And now [men] see not the light as it gleameth, it is [hidden] in the skies. But the wind passeth by and cleareth them.
- BLB
- And now they cannot look at the light; it [is] bright in the clouds when the wind has passed over and cleansed them.
- ÅB
- Og nå, menneskene ser ikke lyset, enda det skinner klart på himmelen, og en vind er faret fram og har renset den.
- OTB
- For øyeblikket ser folk ikke lyset som er klart på himmelen;
Men vinden har passert og klarert dem. - B1930
- Og nu, menneskene ser ikke lyset, enda det skinner klart på himmelen, og en vind er faret frem og har renset den.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 38:25
Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,
Read in contextJob 26:9
He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.
Read in contextJob 36:32
He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
Read in context