BSB · Scripture
Job 37
Berean Standard Bible
Section headings and translator notes come from the publisher; they are reading aids, distinct from the Bible text.
Elihu Proclaims God’s Majesty
Verse1“At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place.
Verse2Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
Verse3He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.
Verse4Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.
Verse5God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.
Verse6For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’
Verse7He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work.
Verse8The wild animals enter their lairs; they settle down in their dens.
Verse9The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
Verse10By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.
Verse11He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.
Verse12They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.
Verse13Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.
Verse14Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God.
Verse15Do you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash?
Verse16Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge?
Verse17You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
Verse18can you, like Him, spread out the skies, as strong as a mirror of bronze?
Verse19Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.
Verse20Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up ?
Verse21Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.
Verse22Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.
Verse23The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.
Verse24Therefore, men fear Him, for He is not partial to the wise in heart.”
Translator notes (1)
- Verse 20: Or speak without being swallowed up