Job 37:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And now the light is not seen, for it is dark because of the clouds; but a wind comes, clearing them away.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 26:9 : 9 By him the face of his high seat is veiled, and his cloud stretched out over it.
  • Job 36:32 : 32 He takes the light in his hands, sending it against the mark.
  • Job 38:25 : 25 By whom has the way been cut for the flowing of the rain, and the flaming of the thunder;

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  • 22 A bright light comes out of the north; God's glory is greatly to be feared.

  • Job 22:11-14
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    11 Your light is made dark so that you are unable to see, and you are covered by a mass of waters.

    12 Is not God as high as heaven? and see the stars, how high they are!

    13 And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?

    14 Thick clouds are covering him, so that he is unable to see; and he is walking on the arch of heaven.

  • Job 38:24-25
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    24 Which is the way to the place where the wind is measured out, and the east wind sent out over the earth?

    25 By whom has the way been cut for the flowing of the rain, and the flaming of the thunder;

  • Job 36:32-33
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    32 He takes the light in his hands, sending it against the mark.

    33 The thunder makes clear his passion, and the storm gives news of his wrath.

  • 11 The thick cloud is weighted with thunder-flame, and the cloud sends out its light;

  • Job 37:15-18
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    15 Have you knowledge of God's ordering of his works, how he makes the light of his cloud to be seen?

    16 Have you knowledge of the balancings of the clouds, the wonders of him who has all wisdom?

    17 You, whose clothing is warm, when the earth is quiet because of the south wind,

    18 Will you, with him, make the skies smooth, and strong as a polished looking-glass?

  • 2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not dark, and the clouds come not back after the rain;

  • 21 The east wind takes him up and he is gone; he is forced violently out of his place.

  • 18 How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?

  • Job 36:27-30
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    27 For he takes up the drops from the sea; he sends them through his mist as rain,

    28 Flowing down from the sky, and dropping on the peoples.

    29 And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent?

    30 See, he is stretching out his mist, covering the tops of the mountains with it.

  • 4 He who is watching the wind will not get the seed planted, and he who is looking at the clouds will not get in the grain.

  • 20 How may he have knowledge of my desire for talk with him? or did any man ever say, May destruction come on me?

  • 16 The wind goes over it and it is gone; and its place sees it no longer.

  • 16 At the sound of his voice there is a massing of the waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes the thunder-flames for the rain and sends out the wind from his store-houses.

  • Jer 4:11-12
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    11 At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A burning wind from the open hilltops in the waste land is blowing on the daughter of my people, not for separating or cleaning the grain;

    12 A full wind will come for me: and now I will give my decision against them.

  • 7 Truly the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.

  • 7 He makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes thunder-flames for the rain; he sends out the winds from his store-houses.

  • 19 Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;

  • 25 All people are looking on it; man sees it from far.

  • 5 See, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not clean in his eyes:

  • 11 See, he goes past me and I see him not: he goes on before, but I have no knowledge of him.

  • 13 At the sound of his voice there is a massing of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes the thunder-flames for the rain, and sends out the wind from his store-houses.

  • 12 Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and fire.

  • 9 Out of its place comes the storm-wind, and the cold out of its store-houses.

  • 8 Your anger against her has been made clear by driving her away; he has taken her away with his storm-wind in the day of his east wind.

  • 5 Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.

  • 3 Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

  • 34 Is your voice sent up to the cloud, so that you may be covered by the weight of waters?

  • 38 When the earth becomes hard as metal, and is joined together in masses?

  • 3 Is it possible for his armies to be numbered? and on whom is not his light shining?

  • 17 And your life will be brighter than day; though it is dark, it will become like the morning.

  • Job 26:8-9
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    8 By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.

    9 By him the face of his high seat is veiled, and his cloud stretched out over it.

  • 21 For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.

  • 6 For he says to the snow, Make the earth wet; and to the rain-storm, Come down.

  • 3 And the eyes of those who see will not be shut, and those who have hearing will give ear to the word.

  • 26 If, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way,