Job 36:32

With his hands ¹  he covers ²  the lightning, and directs it against its target.

biblegateway Job 36:32

He fills his hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.

biblegateway Job 36:32

"He covers His hands with the lightning, And commands it to strike the mark.

biblegateway Job 36:32

He fills his hands with lightning bolts. He hurls each at its target.

biblegateway Job 36:32

He hurls arrows of light, taking sure and accurate aim.

SABDAweb Job 36:32

He takes the light in his hands, sending it against the mark.

bibleoremus Job 36:32

He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.

biblegateway Job 36:32

He covers His hands with lightning, And commands it to strike.

biblegateway Job 36:32

With his hands ¹  he covers ²  the lightning, and directs it against its target.

¹ tn R. Gordis (Job, 422) prefers to link this word with the later Hebrew word for “arch,” not “hands.”

² 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.