Job 37
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1“My heart pounds as I think of this. It trembles within me.1My heart pounds at this and leaps from my chest.
2Listen carefully to the thunder of God’s voice as it rolls from his mouth.2Just listen to His thunderous voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
3It rolls across the heavens, and his lightning flashes in every direction.3He lets it loose beneath the entire sky; His lightning to the ends of the earth.
4Then comes the roaring of the thunder— the tremendous voice of his majesty. He does not restrain it when he speaks.4Then there comes a roaring sound; God thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His rumbling voice is heard.
5God’s voice is glorious in the thunder. We can’t even imagine the greatness of his power.5God thunders marvelously with His voice; He does great things that we cannot comprehend.
6“He directs the snow to fall on the earth and tells the rain to pour down.6For He says to the snow, "Fall to the earth," and the torrential rains, His mighty torrential rains,
7Then everyone stops working so they can watch his power.7serve as His sign to all mankind, so that all men may know His work.
8The wild animals take cover and stay inside their dens.8The wild animals enter their lairs and stay in their dens.
9The stormy wind comes from its chamber, and the driving winds bring the cold.9The windstorm comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
10God’s breath sends the ice, freezing wide expanses of water.10Ice is formed by the breath of God, and watery expanses are frozen.
11He loads the clouds with moisture, and they flash with his lightning.11He saturates clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.
12The clouds churn about at his direction. They do whatever he commands throughout the earth.12They swirl about, turning round and round at His direction, accomplishing everything He commands them over the surface of the inhabited world.
13He makes these things happen either to punish people or to show his unfailing love.13He causes this to happen for punishment, for His land, or for His faithful love.
14“Pay attention to this, Job. Stop and consider the wonderful miracles of God!14Listen to this, Job. Stop and consider God's wonders.
15Do you know how God controls the storm and causes the lightning to flash from his clouds?15Do you know how God directs His clouds or makes their lightning flash?
16Do you understand how he moves the clouds with wonderful perfection and skill?16Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonderful works of Him who has perfect knowledge?
17When you are sweltering in your clothes and the south wind dies down and everything is still,17You whose clothes get hot when the south wind brings calm to the land,
18he makes the skies reflect the heat like a bronze mirror. Can you do that?18can you help God spread out the skies as hard as a cast metal mirror?
19“So teach the rest of us what to say to God. We are too ignorant to make our own arguments.19Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot prepare our case because of our darkness.
20Should God be notified that I want to speak? Can people even speak when they are confused?20Should He be told that I want to speak? Can a man speak when he is confused?
21We cannot look at the sun, for it shines brightly in the sky when the wind clears away the clouds.21Now men cannot even look at the sun when it is in the skies, after a wind has swept through and cleared them away.
22So also, golden splendor comes from the mountain of God. He is clothed in dazzling splendor.22Yet out of the north He comes, shrouded in a golden glow; awesome majesty surrounds Him.
23We cannot imagine the power of the Almighty; but even though he is just and righteous, he does not destroy us.23The Almighty--we cannot reach Him-- He is exalted in power! He will not oppress justice and abundant righteousness,
24No wonder people everywhere fear him. All who are wise show him reverence. ”24Therefore, men fear Him. He does not look favorably on any who are wise in heart.
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