Job 37
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1“At this also my heart trembles and leaps out of its place.1"Now I'll conclude with this: my heart is trembling violently; it feels like it's about to leap from my body!
2Keep listening to the thunder of his voice and the rumbling that comes from his mouth.2Listen carefully to his thundering voice; to the sound that rumbles from his mouth.
3Under the whole heaven he lets it go, and his lightning to the corners of the earth.3He releases his lightning throughout the sky, to the ends of the earth.
4After it his voice roars; he thunders with his majestic voice, and he does not restrain the lightnings when his voice is heard.4His thunder roars after it; his majestic voice will thunder; and no one can trace them once his voice has been heard.
5God thunders wondrously with his voice; he does great things that we cannot comprehend.5"God thunders with his wondrous voice; he does awesome works that we don't comprehend.
6For to the snow he says, ‘Fall on the earth,’ likewise to the downpour, his mighty downpour.6For he says to the snow, 'Fall to the earth.' He tells the rain, 'Pour down,' then it rains profusely.
7He seals up the hand of every man, that all men whom he made may know it.7"He puts a limit to the skill of every person; to delineate all people from what they do.
8Then the beasts go into their lairs, and remain in their dens.8"Then a beast enters its lair and remains in its den.
9From its chamber comes the whirlwind, and cold from the scattering winds.9"From the south, a whirlwind proceeds, out of the icy north winds.
10By the breath of God ice is given, and the broad waters are frozen fast.10From the breath of God ice is produced, and a wide body of water is frozen.
11He loads the thick cloud with moisture; the clouds scatter his lightning.11He also loads the clouds with moisture, scattering his lightning with the clouds.
12They turn around and around by his guidance, to accomplish all that he commands them on the face of the habitable world.12It whirls about in circles at his direction to accomplish all that he commands throughout the surface of the entire world,
13Whether for correction or for his land or for love, he causes it to happen.13whether for discipline on his land or to demonstrate his gracious love, he causes it to be realized."
14“Hear this, O Job; stop and consider the wondrous works of God.14"Pay attention to this, Job! Stand still, and consider the wondrous attributes of God.
15Do you know how God lays his command upon them and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?15Do you know how God ordains them, and makes his lightning to flash throughout his clouds?
16Do you know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge,16Do you understand his wondrous work of balancing the clouds, the one whose knowledge is perfect,
17you whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind?17you whose garments are hot, even though the land is cooled by a south wind?
18Can you, like him, spread out the skies, hard as a cast metal mirror?18Can you spread out the skies like he does; can you cast them as one might a mirror?
19Teach us what we shall say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of darkness.19Tell us! What are we to say to him? Can we prepare our case to face him when our faces are in darkness?
20Shall it be told him that I would speak? Did a man ever wish that he would be swallowed up?20Has it been relayed to God that I want to talk? Can a person speak when he is confused?"
21“And now no one looks on the light when it is bright in the skies, when the wind has passed and cleared them.21"So then, the sun is too bright to gaze at, is it not? The sky is swept clean by the wind that blows, is it not?
22Out of the north comes golden splendor; God is clothed with awesome majesty.22From the north he brings gold; around God is awesome splendor.
23The Almighty—we cannot find him; he is great in power; justice and abundant righteousness he will not violate.23We cannot find the Almighty— he is majestic in power and justice, and overflowing with righteousness; he never oppresses.
24Therefore men fear him; he does not regard any who are wise in their own conceit.”24Therefore humanity fears him, which none of the wise can quite comprehend."
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