Job 37 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 My heart pounds at this and leaps from my chest. “At this also my heart trembles and leaps out of its place. “At this my heart pounds and leaps from its place.
2 Just listen to His thunderous voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth. Keep listening to the thunder of his voice and the rumbling that comes from his mouth. Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice, to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
3 He lets it loose beneath the entire sky; His lightning to the ends of the earth. Under the whole heaven he lets it go, and his lightning to the corners of the earth. He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and sends it to the ends of the earth.
4 Then there comes a roaring sound; God thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His rumbling voice is heard. After it his voice roars; he thunders with his majestic voice, and he does not restrain the lightnings when his voice is heard. After that comes the sound of his roar; he thunders with his majestic voice. When his voice resounds, he holds nothing back.
5 God thunders marvelously with His voice; He does great things that we cannot comprehend. God thunders wondrously with his voice; he does great things that we cannot comprehend. God’s voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding.
6 For He says to the snow, “Fall to the earth,” and the torrential rains, His mighty torrential rains, For to the snow he says, ‘Fall on the earth,’ likewise to the downpour, his mighty downpour. He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’
7 serve as His sign to all mankind, so that all men may know His work. He seals up the hand of every man, that all men whom he made may know it. So that everyone he has made may know his work, he stops all people from their labor.
8 The wild animals enter their lairs and stay in their dens. Then the beasts go into their lairs, and remain in their dens. The animals take cover; they remain in their dens.
9 The windstorm comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds. From its chamber comes the whirlwind, and cold from the scattering winds. The tempest comes out from its chamber, the cold from the driving winds.
10 Ice is formed by the breath of God, and watery expanses are frozen. By the breath of God ice is given, and the broad waters are frozen fast. The breath of God produces ice, and the broad waters become frozen.
11 He saturates clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them. He loads the thick cloud with moisture; the clouds scatter his lightning. He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through them.
12 They swirl about, turning round and round at His direction, accomplishing everything He commands them over the surface of the inhabited world. They turn around and around by his guidance, to accomplish all that he commands them on the face of the habitable world. At his direction they swirl around over the face of the whole earth to do whatever he commands them.
13 He causes this to happen for punishment, for His land, or for His faithful love. Whether for correction or for his land or for love, he causes it to happen. He brings the clouds to punish people, or to water his earth and show his love.
14 Listen to this, Job. Stop and consider God’s wonders. “Hear this, O Job; stop and consider the wondrous works of God. “Listen to this, Job; stop and consider God’s wonders.
15 Do you know how God directs His clouds or makes their lightning flash? Do you know how God lays his command upon them and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine? Do you know how God controls the clouds and makes his lightning flash?
16 Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonderful works of Him who has perfect knowledge? Do you know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge, Do you know how the clouds hang poised, those wonders of him who has perfect knowledge?
17 You whose clothes get hot when the south wind brings calm to the land, you whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind? You who swelter in your clothes when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
18 can you help God spread out the skies as hard as a cast metal mirror? Can you, like him, spread out the skies, hard as a cast metal mirror? can you join him in spreading out the skies, hard as a mirror of cast bronze?
19 Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot prepare our case because of our darkness. Teach us what we shall say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of darkness. “Tell us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.
20 Should He be told that I want to speak? Can a man speak when he is confused? Shall it be told him that I would speak? Did a man ever wish that he would be swallowed up? Should he be told that I want to speak? Would anyone ask to be swallowed up?
21 Now men cannot even look at the sun when it is in the skies, after a wind has swept through and cleared them away. “And now no one looks on the light when it is bright in the skies, when the wind has passed and cleared them. Now no one can look at the sun, bright as it is in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.
22 Yet out of the north He comes, shrouded in a golden glow; awesome majesty surrounds Him. Out of the north comes golden splendor; God is clothed with awesome majesty. Out of the north he comes in golden splendor; God comes in awesome majesty.
23 The Almighty—we cannot reach Him— He is exalted in power! He will not oppress justice and abundant righteousness, The Almighty—we cannot find him; he is great in power; justice and abundant righteousness he will not violate. The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.
24 Therefore, men fear Him. He does not look favorably on any who are wise in heart. Therefore men fear him; he does not regard any who are wise in their own conceit.” Therefore, people revere him, for does he not have regard for all the wise in heart?”
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