Job 20:13

20:13 if he retains it for himself

and does not let it go,

and holds it fast in his mouth, ¹ 

Job 36:32

36:32 With his hands ²  he covers ³  the lightning,

and directs it against its target.

[20:13]  ¹ tn Heb “in the middle of his palate.”

[36:32]  ² tn R. Gordis (Job, 422) prefers to link this word with the later Hebrew word for “arch,” not “hands.”

[36:32]  ³ tn Because the image might mean that God grabs the lightning and hurls it like a javelin (cf. NLT), some commentators want to change “covers” to other verbs. Dhorme has “lifts” (נִשָּׂא [nissa’] for כִּסָּה [kissah]). This fit the idea of God directing the lightning bolts.