Job 37:3
1 “At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place.
2 Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.
4 Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.
5 God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.
- KJV
- He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
- WEB
- He sends it out under the whole sky, and his lightning to the ends of the earth.
- ASV
- He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, And his lightening unto the ends of the earth.
- DARBY
- He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
- BLB
- Beneath all the heaven He unleashes it, and His lightning [is] over the edges of the earth.
- ÅB
- Under hele himmelen lar han det fare, og han sender sitt lys til jordens ytterste ender.
- OTB
- Over hele himmelen slipper Han den løs,
Og Hans lyn når til jordens ender. - B1930
- Under hele himmelen lar han det fare, og han sender sitt lys til jordens ytterste ender.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 38:13
that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?
Read in contextMatthew 24:27
For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
Read in contextIsaiah 11:12
He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
Read in contextPsalms 97:4
His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles.
Read in contextPsalms 77:13
Your way, O God, is holy. What god is so great as our God?
Read in contextRevelation 11:19
Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.
Read in context