Job 37

¹ At this also my heart is troubled,

and moved out of its place.

² Hear thou a report by the anger of the Lord’s wrath,

and a discourse shall come out of his mouth.

³ His dominion is under the whole heaven,

and his light is at the extremities of the earth.

⁴ After him shall be a cry with a loud voice;

he shall thunder with the voice of his ^[1]excellency,

yet he shall not cause men to pass away, for one shall hear his voice.

⁵ The Mighty One shall thunder wonderfully with his voice:

for he hath done great things which we knew not;

⁶ commanding the snow, Be thou upon the earth,

and the stormy rain, and the storm of the showers of his might.

⁷ He sealeth up the hand of every man,

that every man may know his own weakness.

⁸ And the wild beasts come in under the covert,

and rest in their lair.

⁹ Troubles come on out of the secret chambers,

and cold from the mountain-tops.

¹⁰ And from the breath of the Mighty One he will send frost;

and he guideth the water in whatever way he pleaseth.

¹¹ And if a cloud ^[2]obscureth what is precious to him,

his light will disperse the cloud.

¹² And he will carry round ^[3]the encircling clouds ^[4]by his governance, to perform their works:

whatsoever he shall command them,

¹³ this hath been appointed by him on the earth,

whether for correction, or for his land,

or if he shall find him an object for mercy.

¹⁴ Hearken to this, O Job: stand still,

and be admonished of the power of the Lord.

¹⁵ We know that God hath disposed his works,

having made light out of darkness.

¹⁶ And he knoweth the divisions of the clouds,

and the signal overthrows of the ungodly.

¹⁷ But thy robe is warm,

and there is quiet upon the land.

¹⁸ Wilt thou establish with him foundations for the ^[5]ancient heavens?

they are strong as a ^[6]molten mirror.

¹⁹ Wherefore teach me, what shall we say to him?

and let us cease from saying much.

²⁰ Have I a book or a scribe by me,

that I may stand and put man to silence?

²¹ But the light is not visible to all:

it shineth afar off in the ^[7]heavens,

as that which is from him in the clouds.

²² From the north come the clouds shining like gold:

in these great are the glory and honour of the Almighty;

²³ and we do not find another ^[8]his equal in strength:

as for him that judgeth justly, dost thou not think that he listeneth?

²⁴ Wherefore men shall fear him;

and the wise also in heart shall fear him.

Notes

37:4 excellency: Gr. pride, contumely, or, insolence ↩
37:11 obscureth: Alex. καταπλήσσει ↩
37:12 the encircling clouds by his governance: compare Heb. with κυκλώματα ↩
37:12 by his governance: Alex. ἐν τοῖς κατωτάτω θεὶς ↩
37:18 ancient: Gr. antiquities, see chapter 36:28 ↩
37:18 molten mirror: lit. vision of melting ↩
37:21 heavens: see verse 18, and note ↩
37:23 his equal in strength: Alex. adds αὐτῷ καὶ ↩