Job 36:29

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Who can understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 37:16 : 16 Do you know about the balancing of the clouds, that wondrous activity of him who is perfect in knowledge?
  • Job 37:2-5 : 2 Listen carefully to the thunder of his voice, to the rumbling that proceeds from his mouth. 3 Under the whole heaven he lets it go, even his lightning to the far corners of the earth. 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. 5 God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding.
  • 1 Kgs 18:44-45 : 44 The seventh time the servant said,“Look, a small cloud, the size of the palm of a man’s hand, is rising up from the sea.” Elijah then said,“Go and tell Ahab,‘Hitch up the chariots and go down, so that the rain won’t overtake you.’” 45 Meanwhile the sky was covered with dark clouds, the wind blew, and there was a heavy rainstorm. Ahab rode toward Jezreel.
  • Job 26:14 : 14 Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! How faint is the whisper we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?”
  • Job 38:9 : 9 when I made the storm clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,
  • Job 38:37 : 37 Who by wisdom can count the clouds, and who can tip over the water jars of heaven,
  • Ps 18:13 : 13 The LORD thundered in the sky; the Most High shouted.
  • Ps 29:3-9 : 3 The LORD’s shout is heard over the water; the majestic God thunders, the LORD appears over the surging water. 4 The LORD’s shout is powerful, the LORD’s shout is majestic. 5 The LORD’s shout breaks the cedars, the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon. 6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf and Sirion like a young ox. 7 The LORD’s shout strikes with flaming fire. 8 The LORD’s shout shakes the wilderness, the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. 9 The LORD’s shout bends the large trees and strips the leaves from the forests. Everyone in his temple says,“Majestic!” 10 The LORD sits enthroned over the engulfing waters, the LORD sits enthroned as the eternal king.
  • Ps 77:16-19 : 16 The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you and trembled. Yes, the depths of the sea shook with fear. 17 The clouds poured down rain; the skies thundered. Yes, your arrows flashed about. 18 Your thunderous voice was heard in the wind; the lightning bolts lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook. 19 You walked through the sea; you passed through the surging waters, but left no footprints.
  • Ps 104:3 : 3 and lays the beams of the upper rooms of his palace on the rain clouds. He makes the clouds his chariot, and travels along on the wings of the wind.
  • Ps 104:7 : 7 Your shout made the waters retreat; at the sound of your thunderous voice they hurried off–
  • Nah 1:3 : 3 The LORD is slow to anger but great in power; the LORD will certainly not allow the wicked to go unpunished.The Divine Warrior Destroys His Enemies but Protects His People He marches out in the whirlwind and the raging storm; dark storm clouds billow like dust under his feet.
  • Hab 3:10 : 10 When the mountains see you, they shake. The torrential downpour sweeps through. The great deep shouts out; it lifts its hands high.

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    33Do you know the laws of the heavens, or can you set up their rule over the earth?

    34Can you raise your voice to the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?

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  • Job 36:30
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    30See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea.

  • Job 37:15-16
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    15Do you know how God commands them, how he makes lightning flash in his storm cloud?

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  • Job 38:37-38
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    37Who by wisdom can count the clouds, and who can tip over the water jars of heaven,

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  • Job 36:26-28
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    26The Work and Wisdom of God“Yes, God is great– beyond our knowledge! The number of his years is unsearchable.

    27He draws up drops of water; they distill the rain into its mist,

    28which the clouds pour down and shower on humankind abundantly.

  • Job 36:32-33
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    32With his hands he covers the lightning, and directs it against its target.

    33His thunder announces the coming storm, the cattle also, concerning the storm’s approach.

  • Job 22:11-14
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    11why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.

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    14Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us, as he goes back and forth in the vault of heaven.’

  • Job 37:2-6
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    2Listen carefully to the thunder of his voice, to the rumbling that proceeds from his mouth.

    3Under the whole heaven he lets it go, even his lightning to the far corners of the earth.

    4After that a voice roars; he thunders with an exalted voice, and he does not hold back his lightning bolts when his voice is heard.

    5God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding.

    6For to the snow he says,‘Fall to earth,’ and to the torrential rains,‘Pour down.’

  • Job 26:8-9
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    8He locks the waters in his clouds, and the clouds do not burst with the weight of them.

    9He conceals the face of the full moon, shrouding it with his clouds.

  • Job 26:14
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    14Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! How faint is the whisper we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?”

  • Job 37:11
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    11He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through the clouds.

  • Jer 51:16
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    16When his voice thunders, the waters in the heavens roar. He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain. He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it.

  • 2 Sam 22:12
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    12He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds.

  • Job 38:24-26
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    24In what direction is lightning dispersed, or the east winds scattered over the earth?

    25Who carves out a channel for the heavy rains, and a path for the rumble of thunder,

    26to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, a wilderness where there are no human beings,

  • Ps 104:2-3
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    2He covers himself with light as if it were a garment. He stretches out the skies like a tent curtain,

    3and lays the beams of the upper rooms of his palace on the rain clouds. He makes the clouds his chariot, and travels along on the wings of the wind.

  • Jer 10:13
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    13When his voice thunders, the heavenly ocean roars. He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain. He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it.

  • Job 37:21-22
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    21But now, the sun cannot be looked at– it is bright in the skies– after a wind passed and swept the clouds away.

    22From the north he comes in golden splendor; around God is awesome majesty.

  • Ps 18:11
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    11He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds.

  • Job 37:18
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    18will you, with him, spread out the clouds, solid as a mirror of molten metal?

  • Job 28:26
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    26when he imposed a limit for the rain, and a path for the thunderstorm,

  • Job 34:29
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    29But if God is quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, then who can see him? Yet he is over the individual and the nation alike,

  • Ps 135:7
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    7He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth, makes lightning bolts accompany the rain, and brings the wind out of his storehouses.

  • Job 38:9
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    9when I made the storm clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,

  • Job 38:28
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    28Does the rain have a father, or who has fathered the drops of the dew?

  • Ps 77:17-18
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    17The clouds poured down rain; the skies thundered. Yes, your arrows flashed about.

    18Your thunderous voice was heard in the wind; the lightning bolts lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook.

  • Job 25:3
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    3Can his armies be numbered? On whom does his light not rise?

  • Job 40:9
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    9Do you have an arm as powerful as God’s, and can you thunder with a voice like his?

  • Job 38:19
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    19“In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place,

  • Isa 4:6
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    6By day it will be a shelter to provide shade from the heat, as well as safety and protection from the heavy downpour.

  • Prov 30:4
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    4Who has ascended into heaven, and then descended? Who has gathered up the winds in his fists? Who has bound up the waters in his cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name? Surely you can know!