Job 38:35

33 Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?

34 Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?

Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?

36 Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?

37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
KJV
Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
WEB
Can you send out lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
ASV
Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?
DARBY
Dost thou send forth lightnings that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
BLB
Can you send out lightnings, that they may go and say to you, ‘Behold us’?
ÅB
Kan du sende ut lynene, så de farer avsted, så de sier til deg: Se, her er vi?
OTB
Sender du lynene på vei?
Kommer de til deg og sier: ‘Her er vi’?
B1930
Kan du sende ut lynene, så de farer avsted, så de sier til dig: Se, her er vi?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 36:32

    He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.

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  • Job 37:3

    He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.

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  • 2 Kings 1:14

    Behold, fire has come down from heaven and consumed the first two captains of fifty, with all their men. But now may my life be precious in your sight.”

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  • Revelation 11:5–6

    If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.

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  • Numbers 16:35

    And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.

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  • Numbers 11:1

    Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.

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  • Isaiah 6:8

    Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”

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  • Leviticus 10:2

    So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.

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