Job 37:1-2

37:1 At this also my heart pounds

and leaps from its place.

37:2 Listen carefully ¹  to the thunder of his voice,

to the rumbling ²  that proceeds from his mouth.

Job 37:9

37:9 A tempest blows out from its chamber,

icy cold from the driving winds. ³ 

Job 37:14

37:14 “Pay attention to this, Job!

Stand still and consider the wonders God works.

[37:2]  ¹ tn The imperative is followed by the infinitive absolute from the same root to express the intensity of the verb.

[37:2]  ² tn 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 sky. The thunder is the voice of God (see Ps 29).

[37:9]  ³ tn The “driving winds” reflects the Hebrew “from the scatterers.” This refers to the north winds that bring the cold air and the ice and snow and hard rains.