Job 37:1-24
37 “Indeed at this my heart begins to tremble,+And it leaps up from its place.
2 Listen attentively, YOU men, to the rumbling of his voice,+And the growling that goes forth from his mouth.
3 Under the whole heavens he lets it loose,And his lightning+ is to the extremities* of the earth.
4 After it a sound roars;He thunders+ with the sound of his superiority,+And he does not hold them back when his voice is heard.+
5 God* thunders with his voice+ in a wonderful way,Doing great things that we cannot know.+
6 For to the snow he says, ‘Fall earthward,’+And [to] the downpour of rain, even [to] the downpour of his strong rains.+
7 On the hand of every earthling man he puts a sealFor every mortal man to know his work.
8 And the wild beast comes into the ambush,And in its hiding places it dwells.+
9 Out of the interior room+ comes the storm windAnd out of the north winds the cold.+
10 By the breath of God* the ice is given+And the breadth of waters is under constraint.*+
11 Yes, with moisture he burdens the cloud,His light+ scatters the cloud mass,
12 And it is being turned round about by his steering [them] for their performanceWherever he commands+ them upon the face of the productive land* of the earth.
13 Whether for a rod*+ or for his land+Or for loving-kindness,*+ he makes it produce effects.
14 Do give ear to this, O Job;Stand still and show yourself attentive to the wonderful works of God.+
15 Do you know when God* laid an appointment upon them,+And when he caused the light of his cloud to beam?
16 Do you know about the poisings of the cloud,+The wonderful works of the One perfect in knowledge?+
17 How your garments are hotWhen the earth shows quietness* from the south?+
18 With him can you beat out the skies+Hard like a molten mirror?
19 Let us know what we should say to him;We cannot produce [words] because of darkness.
20 Should it be related to him that I would speak?Or has any man said that it will be communicated?+
21 And now they do not really see the light;It is brilliant in the skies,When a wind* itself has passed by and proceeded to cleanse them.
22 Out of the north golden splendor* comes.Upon God* dignity+ is fear-inspiring.
23 As for the Almighty, we have not found him out;+He is exalted in power,+And justice+ and abundance of righteousness+ he will not belittle.+
24 Therefore let men* fear him.+He does not regard any who are wise in [their own] heart.”+
Footnotes
^ Lit., “wings.”
^ “God.” Heb., ʼEl.
^ “God.” Heb., ʼEl.
^ Or, “is frozen.”
^ “Productive land of,” M(Heb., the·velʹ)T; Lat., orʹbis, “circle,” that is, of the earth.
^ Or, “loyal love.”
^ Symbolizing correction or chastisement.
^ “God.” Heb., ʼElohʹah.
^ Or, “when there is a quieting of the earth.”
^ Lit., “gold.” Heb., za·havʹ.
^ “God.” Heb., ʼElohʹah.
^ “Men.” Heb., ʼana·shimʹ, pl. of ʼish.
