Job 37 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 At this my heart trembles and leaps out of its place. “At this also my heart trembles and leaps out of its place. “At this my heart pounds and leaps from its place.
2 Listen to his angry voice and the rumble that comes forth 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 Everywhere under the heavens he sends it, with his light, 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 Again his voice roars, his majestic voice thunders; he does not restrain them when his 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 forth marvels with his voice; he does great things beyond our knowing. 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 He says to the snow, “Fall to the earth”; likewise to his heavy, drenching rain. 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 He shuts up all humankind indoors, so that all people 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 beasts take to cover and remain quiet 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 Out of its chamber the tempest comes forth; from the north winds, the cold. 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 With his breath God brings the frost, and the broad waters congeal. 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 The clouds too are laden with moisture, the storm-cloud scatters its light. 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 He it is who changes their rounds, according to his plans, to do all that he commands them across 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 Whether for punishment or mercy, he makes it happen. 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! Stand and consider the marvels of God! “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 lays his command upon them, and makes the light shine forth from his clouds? 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 know how the clouds are banked, the marvels of him who is perfect in 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, who swelter in your clothes when calm lies over the land from the south, 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 with him spread out the firmament of the skies, hard as a molten 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 then what we shall say to him; we cannot, for the darkness, make our plea. 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 Will he be told about it when I speak? Can anyone talk when he is being destroyed? 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 Rather, it is as the light that cannot be seen while it is obscured by the clouds, till the wind comes by and sweeps 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 From Zaphon the golden splendor comes, surrounding God’s awesome majesty! 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 find him, preeminent in power and judgment, abundant in justice, who never oppresses. 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 people fear him; none can see him, however wise their hearts. 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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