Job 37:15
Do you know how God commands them, how he makes lightning flash in his storm cloud?
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- Job 28:24-27 : 24 For he looks to the ends of the earth and observes everything under the heavens. 25 When he made the force of the wind and measured the waters with a gauge, 26 when he imposed a limit for the rain, and a path for the thunderstorm, 27 then he looked at wisdom and assessed its value; he established it and examined it closely.
- Job 34:13 : 13 Who entrusted to him the earth? And who put him over the whole world?
- Job 36:30-32 : 30 See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea. 31 It is by these that he judges the nations and supplies food in abundance. 32 With his hands he covers the lightning, and directs it against its target.
- Job 37:11 : 11 He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through the clouds.
- Job 38:4-9 : 4 God’s questions to Job“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding! 5 Who set its measurements– if you know– or who stretched a measuring line across it? 6 On what were its bases set, or who laid its cornerstone– 7 when the morning stars sang in chorus, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 8 “Who shut up the sea with doors when it burst forth, coming out of the womb, 9 when I made the storm clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band, 10 when I prescribed its limits, and set in place its bolts and doors, 11 when I said,‘To here you may come and no farther, here your proud waves will be confined’? 12 Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or made the dawn know its place, 13 that it might seize the corners of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it? 14 The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its features are dyed like a garment. 15 Then from the wicked the light is withheld, and the arm raised in violence is broken. 16 Have you gone to the springs that fill the sea, or walked about in the recesses of the deep? 17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness? 18 Have you considered the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know it all! 19 “In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place, 20 that you may take them to their borders and perceive the pathways to their homes? 21 You know, for you were born before them; and the number of your days is great! 22 Have you entered the storehouse of the snow, or seen the armory of the hail, 23 which I reserve for the time of trouble, for the day of war and battle? 24 In what direction is lightning dispersed, or the east winds scattered over the earth? 25 Who carves out a channel for the heavy rains, and a path for the rumble of thunder, 26 to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, a wilderness where there are no human beings, 27 to satisfy a devastated and desolate land, and to cause it to sprout with vegetation? 28 Does the rain have a father, or who has fathered the drops of the dew? 29 From whose womb does the ice emerge, and the frost from the sky, who gives birth to it, 30 when the waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen solid? 31 Can you tie the bands of the Pleiades, or release the cords of Orion? 32 Can you lead out the constellations in their seasons, or guide the Bear with its cubs? 33 Do you know the laws of the heavens, or can you set up their rule over the earth? 34 Can you raise your voice to the clouds so that a flood of water covers you? 35 Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go? Will they say to you,‘Here we are’? 36 Who has put wisdom in the heart, or has imparted understanding to the mind? 37 Who by wisdom can count the clouds, and who can tip over the water jars of heaven, 38 when the dust hardens into a mass, and the clumps of earth stick together? 39 “Do you hunt prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of the lions, 40 when they crouch in their dens, when they wait in ambush in the thicket? 41 Who prepares prey for the raven, when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?
- Ps 119:90-91 : 90 You demonstrate your faithfulness to all generations. You established the earth and it stood firm. 91 Today they stand firm by your decrees, for all things are your servants.
- Isa 40:26 : 26 Look up at the sky! Who created all these heavenly lights? He is the one who leads out their ranks; he calls them all by name. Because of his absolute power and awesome strength, not one of them is missing.
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16 Do you know about the balancing of the clouds, that wondrous activity of him who is perfect in knowledge?
17 You, whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind,
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32 With his hands he covers the lightning, and directs it against its target.
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11 He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through the clouds.
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.
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24 In what direction is lightning dispersed, or the east winds scattered over the earth?
25 Who carves out a channel for the heavy rains, and a path for the rumble of thunder,
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12 “Is not God on high in heaven? And see the lofty stars, how high they are!
13 But you have said,‘What does God know? Does he judge through such deep darkness?
14 Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us, as he goes back and forth in the vault of heaven.’
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14 “Pay attention to this, Job! Stand still and consider the wonders God works.
- Job 38:33-353 verses77%
33 Do you know the laws of the heavens, or can you set up their rule over the earth?
34 Can you raise your voice to the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?
35 Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go? Will they say to you,‘Here we are’?
- Job 36:29-302 verses76%
29 Who can understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?
30 See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea.
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26 when he imposed a limit for the rain, and a path for the thunderstorm,
- Job 37:21-222 verses76%
21 But now, the sun cannot be looked at– it is bright in the skies– after a wind passed and swept the clouds away.
22 From the north he comes in golden splendor; around God is awesome majesty.
- Job 37:3-64 verses75%
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.
6 For to the snow he says,‘Fall to earth,’ and to the torrential rains,‘Pour down.’
- Job 38:18-225 verses75%
18 Have you considered the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know it all!
19 “In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place,
20 that you may take them to their borders and perceive the pathways to their homes?
21 You know, for you were born before them; and the number of your days is great!
22 Have you entered the storehouse of the snow, or seen the armory of the hail,
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12 Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or made the dawn know its place,
- Job 38:37-382 verses74%
37 Who by wisdom can count the clouds, and who can tip over the water jars of heaven,
38 when the dust hardens into a mass, and the clumps of earth stick together?
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3 Can his armies be numbered? On whom does his light not rise?
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2 “Who is this who darkens counsel with words without knowledge?
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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.
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16 When 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.
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27 He draws up drops of water; they distill the rain into its mist,
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18 Your thunderous voice was heard in the wind; the lightning bolts lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook.
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9 when I made the storm clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,
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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.
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13 When 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.
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8 He locks the waters in his clouds, and the clouds do not burst with the weight of them.
9 He conceals the face of the full moon, shrouding it with his clouds.
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12 From the brightness in front of him came hail and fiery coals.
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5 Gaze at the heavens and see; consider the clouds, which are higher than you!
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4 His lightning bolts light up the world; the earth sees and trembles.
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9 Do you have an arm as powerful as God’s, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
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12 He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds.
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3 Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?
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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?”