Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds, how he thunders from his pavilion? New Living Translation Who can understand the spreading of the clouds and the thunder that rolls forth from heaven? English Standard Version Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion? Berean Standard Bible Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion? King James Bible Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle? New King James Version Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of clouds, The thunder from His canopy? New American Standard Bible “Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, The thundering of His pavilion? NASB 1995 “Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, The thundering of His pavilion? NASB 1977 “Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, The thundering of His pavilion? Legacy Standard Bible Can anyone discern the spreading of the clouds, The thundering of His pavilion? Amplified Bible “Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds Or the thundering of His pavilion? Christian Standard Bible Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out or how the thunder roars from God’s pavilion? Holman Christian Standard Bible Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out or how the thunder roars from God’s pavilion? American Standard Version Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion? Contemporary English Version Who can understand how God scatters the clouds and speaks from his home in the thunderstorm? English Revised Version Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion? GOD'S WORD® Translation Can anyone really understand how clouds spread out or how he thunders from his dwelling place? Good News Translation No one knows how the clouds move or how the thunder roars through the sky, where God dwells. International Standard Version "Furthermore, can anyone understand cloud patterns, or the thundering in his pavilion? Majority Standard Bible Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion? NET Bible Who can understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion? New Heart English Bible Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, and the thunderings of his pavilion? Webster's Bible Translation Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle? World English Bible Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds and the thunderings of his pavilion? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIndeed, do [any] understand "" The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His dwelling place? Young's Literal Translation Yea, doth any understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle? Smith's Literal Translation Also if he shall understand the spreadings of the cloud, the noise of his booth. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIf he will spread out clouds as his tent, Catholic Public Domain Version If he wills it, he extends the clouds as his tent New American Bible Can anyone understand the spreading clouds, the thunderings from his tent? New Revised Standard Version Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleWho can understand these things, or the spreading of the clouds out of the greatness of his tabernacle? Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And who will understand and spreads a cloud from the abundance of his tabernacle? OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The crashings of His pavilion? Brenton Septuagint Translation And though one should understand the outspreadings of the clouds, or the measure of his tabernacle; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Elihu Declares God's Justice and Power…28which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind. 29Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion? 30See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.… Cross References Psalm 77:17-18 The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth. / Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked. Psalm 104:3 laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind. Psalm 97:2 Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation. Isaiah 40:22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. Isaiah 55:9-10 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. / For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, Jeremiah 10:13 When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses. Jeremiah 51:16 When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses. Ezekiel 1:4 I looked and saw a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center of the fire was a gleam like amber, Nahum 1:3 The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet. Exodus 19:16 On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled. 1 Kings 18:44-45 On the seventh time the servant reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.” And Elijah replied, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’” / Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel. 2 Samuel 22:12 He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds. Revelation 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, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm. Revelation 4:5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven spirits of God. Revelation 10:1 Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire. Treasury of Scripture Also can any understand the spreading of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle? the spreadings Job 37:16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge? Job 38:9,37 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, … 1 Kings 18:44,45 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not… the noise Job 37:2-5 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth… Psalm 18:13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. Psalm 29:3-10 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters… Jump to Previous Cloud Clouds Crashing Noise Noises Pavilion Spreading Spreads Stretched Tabernacle Tent Thundering Thunderings Thunders UnderstandJump to Next Cloud Clouds Crashing Noise Noises Pavilion Spreading Spreads Stretched Tabernacle Tent Thundering Thunderings Thunders UnderstandJob 36 1. Elihu shows how God is just in his ways16. How Job's sins hinder God's blessings 24. God's works are to be magnified Who can understand This phrase challenges human comprehension and invites reflection on the limitations of human wisdom compared to divine omniscience. The Hebrew root for "understand" is "בִּין" (bin), which implies discernment and insight. In the context of Job, this underscores the theme that God's ways and thoughts are far beyond human understanding, echoing Isaiah 55:8-9, where God's thoughts and ways are higher than ours. It serves as a humbling reminder of our finite nature and the infinite wisdom of God. how He spreads the clouds how He thunders from His pavilion Or the noise of His tabernacle?--Or the thunderings of His pavilion (Psalm 18:12). Verse 29. - Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds? The rapid generation of clouds, their gathering together, seemingly, from all quarters, and the way they almost suddenly overspread the heavens (1 Kings 18:45). are among the most remarkable phenomena of nature, and are very difficult to "understand" and account for. Or the noise of his tabernacle. The awful crash of the thunder, which echoes along the sky - God's "tabernacle," or pavilion (Psalm 18:11) - is, if not as inexplicable, even more fearful and astounding. Man shrinks and quails before the terrible sound, and feels himself in the presence of a mighty and inscrutable power.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Furthermore,אַ֣ף (’ap̄) Conjunction Strong's 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though who can understand יָ֭בִין (yā·ḇîn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 995: To separate mentally, understand how the clouds עָ֑ב (‘āḇ) Noun - common singular Strong's 5645: An envelope, darkness, a, cloud, a copse spread out, מִפְרְשֵׂי־ (mip̄·rə·śê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 4666: A spreading out, something spread how the thunder roars תְּ֝שֻׁא֗וֹת (tə·šu·’ō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 8663: A crashing, loud clamor from His pavilion? סֻכָּתֽוֹ׃ (suk·kā·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5521: A thicket, booth Links Job 36:29 NIVJob 36:29 NLT Job 36:29 ESV Job 36:29 NASB Job 36:29 KJV Job 36:29 BibleApps.com Job 36:29 Biblia Paralela Job 36:29 Chinese Bible Job 36:29 French Bible Job 36:29 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 36:29 Yes can any understand the spreading (Jb) |
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