Job 36:32

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 10:21-23 : 21 The Ninth Blow: Darkness The LORD said to Moses,“Extend your hand toward heaven so that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness so thick it can be felt.” 22 So Moses extended his hand toward heaven, and there was absolute darkness throughout the land of Egypt for three days. 23 No one could see another person, and no one could rise from his place for three days. But the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.
  • Job 26:9 : 9 He conceals the face of the full moon, shrouding it with his clouds.
  • Job 37:12 : 12 The clouds go round in circles, wheeling about according to his plans, to carry out all that he commands them over the face of the whole inhabited world.
  • Job 37:15 : 15 Do you know how God commands them, how he makes lightning flash in his storm cloud?
  • Ps 18:11 : 11 He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds.
  • Ps 135:7 : 7 He 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.
  • Ps 147:8-9 : 8 He covers the sky with clouds, provides the earth with rain, and causes grass to grow on the hillsides. 9 He gives food to the animals, and to the young ravens when they chirp.
  • Ps 148:8 : 8 O fire and hail, snow and clouds, O stormy wind that carries out his orders,
  • Acts 27:20 : 20 When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and a violent storm continued to batter us, we finally abandoned all hope of being saved.

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