Job 37:3
New International Version
He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and sends it to the ends of the earth.

New Living Translation
It rolls across the heavens, and his lightning flashes in every direction.

English Standard Version
Under the whole heaven he lets it go, and his lightning to the corners of the earth.

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

King James Bible
He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.

New King James Version
He sends it forth under the whole heaven, His lightning to the ends of the earth.

New American Standard Bible
“Under the whole heaven He lets it loose, And His lightning travels to the ends of the earth.

NASB 1995
“Under the whole heaven He lets it loose, And His lightning to the ends of the earth.

NASB 1977
“Under the whole heaven He lets it loose, And His lightning to the ends of the earth.

Legacy Standard Bible
Under the whole heaven He lets it loose, And His lightning to the ends of the earth.

Amplified Bible
“He lets it loose under the whole heaven, And His lightning to the ends of the earth.

Christian Standard Bible
He lets it loose beneath the entire sky; his lightning to the ends of the earth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He lets it loose beneath the entire sky; His lightning to the ends of the earth.

American Standard Version
He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, And his lightning unto the ends of the earth.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Under all Heaven they will praise him, and his light upon the edges of the Earth

Brenton Septuagint Translation
His dominion is under the whole heaven, and his light is at the extremities of the earth.

Contemporary English Version
and when I see his lightning flash across the sky.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He beholdeth under all the heavens, and his light is upon the ends of the earth.

English Revised Version
He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He flashes his lightning everywhere under heaven. His light flashes to the ends of the earth.

Good News Translation
He sends the lightning across the sky, from one end of the earth to the other.

International Standard Version
He releases his lightning throughout the sky, to the ends of the earth.

JPS Tanakh 1917
He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, And His lightning unto the ends of the earth.

Literal Standard Version
He directs it under the whole heavens, | And its light [is] over the skirts of the earth.

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

New American Bible
Everywhere under the heavens he sends it, with his light, to the ends of the earth.

NET Bible
Under the whole heaven he lets it go, even his lightning to the far corners of the earth.

New Revised Standard Version
Under the whole heaven he lets it loose, and his lightning to the corners of the earth.

New Heart English Bible
He sends it forth under the whole sky, and his lightning to the farthest parts of the earth.

Webster's Bible Translation
He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning to the ends of the earth.

World English Bible
He sends it out under the whole sky, and his lightning to the ends of the earth.

Young's Literal Translation
Under the whole heavens He directeth it, And its light is over the skirts of the earth.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Elihu Proclaims God's Majesty
2Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth. 3He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth. 4Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.…

Cross References
Job 28:24
For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.

Job 28:26
when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,

Job 37:4
Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.

Job 37:11
He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.

Job 37:12
They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.

Job 38:13
that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?

Job 38:35
Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, 'Here we are'?


Treasury of Scripture

He directs it under the whole heaven, and his lightning to the ends of the earth.

He

Psalm 77:13
Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?

Psalm 97:4
His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

Matthew 24:27
For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

lightning.

Job 38:13
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

Isaiah 11:12
And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

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(3) He directeth it.--Or, sendeth it forth: i.e., the noise and rumbling which fills all heaven.

Verse 3. - He directeth it under the whole heaven. The reverberations of the thunderclap roll along the entire cloud-canopy, from one end of the heavens to the other, beginning often faint in the distance, then growing loud over our heads, finally sinking into low muttered rumblings on the far horizon. And his lightning unto the ends of the earth. Similarly, the lightning, though originating in a flash at some definite spot, sets the whole sky aglow, shining from side to side of the heavens, and, as it were, to the very "ends of the earth." Both have a character of universality which is marvellous, and which makes them fitting emblems of him of whom they are the messengers and ministers (see Matthew 24:27).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He unleashes
יִשְׁרֵ֑הוּ (yiš·rê·hū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3474: To be straight, even, to be, right, pleasant, prosperous

His lightning
וְ֝אוֹר֗וֹ (wə·’ō·w·rōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 216: Illumination, luminary

beneath
תַּֽחַת־ (ta·ḥaṯ-)
Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

the whole
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

sky
הַשָּׁמַ֥יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

and sends it
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

to the ends
כַּנְפ֥וֹת (kan·p̄ō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle

of the earth.
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land


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