Job 37
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1“At this also my heart trembles, And leaps from 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!
2Hear attentively 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.
3He sends it forth under the whole heaven, His lightning to the ends of the earth.3He releases his lightning throughout the sky, to the ends of the earth.
4After it a voice roars; He thunders with His majestic voice, And He does not restrain them 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 marvelously with His voice; He does great things which we cannot comprehend.5"God thunders with his wondrous voice; he does awesome works that we don't comprehend.
6For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth’; Likewise to the gentle rain and the heavy rain of His strength.6For he says to the snow, 'Fall to the earth.' He tells the rain, 'Pour down,' then it rains profusely.
7He seals the hand of every man, That all men may know His work.7"He puts a limit to the skill of every person; to delineate all people from what they do.
8The beasts go into dens, And remain in their lairs.8"Then a beast enters its lair and remains in its den.
9From the chamber of the south comes the whirlwind, And cold from the scattering winds of the north.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.10From the breath of God ice is produced, and a wide body of water is frozen.
11Also with moisture He saturates the thick clouds; He scatters His bright clouds.11He also loads the clouds with moisture, scattering his lightning with the clouds.
12And they swirl about, being turned by His guidance, That they may do whatever He commands them On the face of the whole earth.12It whirls about in circles at his direction to accomplish all that he commands throughout the surface of the entire world,
13He causes it to come, Whether for correction, Or for His land, Or for mercy.13whether for discipline on his land or to demonstrate his gracious love, he causes it to be realized."
14“Listen to this, O Job; Stand still 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 when God dispatches them, And causes the light of His cloud to shine?15Do you know how God ordains them, and makes his lightning to flash throughout his clouds?
16Do you know how the clouds are balanced, Those 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,
17Why are your garments hot, When He quiets the earth by the south wind?17you whose garments are hot, even though the land is cooled by a south wind?
18With Him, have you spread out the skies, Strong as a cast metal mirror?18Can you spread out the skies like he does; can you cast them as one might a mirror?
19“Teach us what we should say to Him, For we can prepare nothing because of the darkness.19Tell us! What are we to say to him? Can we prepare our case to face him when our faces are in darkness?
20Should He be told that I wish to speak? If a man were to speak, surely he would be swallowed up.20Has it been relayed to God that I want to talk? Can a person speak when he is confused?"
21Even now men cannot look at 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?
22He comes from the north as golden splendor; With God is awesome majesty.22From the north he brings gold; around God is awesome splendor.
23As for the Almighty, we cannot find Him; He is excellent in power, In judgment and abundant justice; He does not oppress.23We cannot find the Almighty— he is majestic in power and justice, and overflowing with righteousness; he never oppresses.
24Therefore men fear Him; He shows no partiality to any who are wise of heart.”24Therefore humanity fears him, which none of the wise can quite comprehend."
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