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Text -- Job 37:1-21 (NET)
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37:1 At this also my heart pounds and leaps from its place .
37:2 Listen carefully to the thunder of his voice , to the rumbling that proceeds from his mouth .
37:3 Under the whole heaven he lets it go , even his lightning to the far corners of the earth .
37:4 After that a voice roars ; he thunders with an exalted voice , and he does not hold back his lightning bolts when his voice is heard .
37:5 God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding .
37:6 For to the snow he says , ‘Fall to earth ,’ and to the torrential rains , ‘Pour down .’
37:7 He causes everyone to stop working , so that all people may know his work .
37:8 The wild animals go to their lairs , and in their dens they remain .
37:9 A tempest blows out from its chamber , icy cold from the driving winds.
37:10 The breath of God produces ice , and the breadth of the waters freeze solid .
37:11 He loads the clouds with moisture ; he scatters his lightning through the clouds .
37:12 The clouds go round in circles, wheeling about according to his plans , to carry out all that he commands them over the face of the whole inhabited world .
37:13 Whether it is for punishment for his land , or whether it is for mercy , he causes it to find its mark.
37:14 “Pay attention to this , Job ! Stand still and consider the wonders God works .
37:15 Do you know how God commands them, how he makes lightning flash in his storm cloud ?
37:16 Do you know about the balancing of the clouds , that wondrous activity of him who is perfect in knowledge ?
37:17 You, whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind,
37:18 will you, with him, spread out the clouds , solid as a mirror of molten metal?
37:19 Tell us what we should say to him. We cannot prepare a case because of the darkness .
37:20 Should he be informed that I want to speak ? If a man speaks , surely he would be swallowed up!
37:21 But now , the sun cannot be looked at– it is bright in the skies – after a wind passed and swept the clouds away .
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NET Notes -> Job 37:2; Job 37:2; Job 37:3; Job 37:4; Job 37:5; Job 37:5; Job 37:6; Job 37:6; Job 37:6; Job 37:7; Job 37:7; Job 37:7; Job 37:9; Job 37:11; Job 37:12; Job 37:12; Job 37:13; Job 37:13; Job 37:15; Job 37:15; Job 37:16; Job 37:18; Job 37:19; Job 37:19; Job 37:20; Job 37:21; Job 37:21; Job 37:21
NET Notes: Job 37:2 The word is the usual word for “to meditate; to murmur; to groan”; here it refers to the low building of the thunder as it rumbles in the ...
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NET Notes: Job 37:3 Heb “wings,” and then figuratively for the extremities of garments, of land, etc.
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NET Notes: Job 37:4 The verb simply has the pronominal suffix, “them.” The idea must be that when God brings in all the thunderings he does not hold back his ...
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NET Notes: Job 37:7 D. W. Thomas suggested a meaning of “rest” for the verb, based on Arabic. He then reads אֱנוֹשׁ ...
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NET Notes: Job 37:9 The “driving winds” reflects the Hebrew “from the scatterers.” This refers to the north winds that bring the cold air and the ...
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NET Notes: Job 37:11 The word “moisture” is drawn from רִי (ri) as a contraction for רְוִי (rÿvi). Others ...
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NET Notes: Job 37:13 This is interpretive; Heb “he makes find it.” The lightning could be what is intended here, for it finds its mark. But R. Gordis (Job, 429...
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NET Notes: Job 37:16 As indicated by HALOT 618 s.v. מִפְלָשׂ, the concept of “balancing” probably refers to ...
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NET Notes: Job 37:18 The verb means “to beat out; to flatten,” and the analogy in the next line will use molten metal. From this verb is derived the word for t...
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NET Notes: Job 37:19 The verb means “to arrange; to set in order.” From the context the idea of a legal case is included.
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