Job 37- 1
- "At this my heart pounds and leaps from its place.
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- Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice, to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
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- He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and sends it to the ends of the earth.
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- After that comes the sound of his roar; he thunders with his majestic voice. When his voice resounds, he holds nothing back.
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- God's voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding.
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- He says to the snow, `Fall on the earth,' and to the rain shower, `Be a mighty downpour.'
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- So that all men he has made may know his work, he stops every man from his labor. [1]
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- The animals take cover; they remain in their dens.
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- The tempest comes out from its chamber, the cold from the driving winds.
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- The breath of God produces ice, and the broad waters become frozen.
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- He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through them.
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- At his direction they swirl around over the face of the whole earth to do whatever he commands them.
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- He brings the clouds to punish men, or to water his earth [2] and show his love.
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- "Listen to this, Job; stop and consider God's wonders.
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- Do you know how God controls the clouds and makes his lightning flash?
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- Do you know how the clouds hang poised, those wonders of him who is perfect in knowledge?
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- You who swelter in your clothes when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
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- can you join him in spreading out the skies, hard as a mirror of cast bronze?
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- "Tell us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.
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- Should he be told that I want to speak? Would any man ask to be swallowed up?
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- Now no one can look at the sun, bright as it is in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.
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- Out of the north he comes in golden splendor; God comes in awesome majesty.
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- The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.
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- Therefore, men revere him, for does he not have regard for all the wise in heart? [3] "
- [7] Or he fills all men with fear by his power
- [13] Or to favor them
- [24] Or for he does not have regard for any who think they are wise.