Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 36:31-33
Job 36:31-33. For by them he judgeth the people By thunder and lightning, and rain from the clouds, he executes his judgments against ungodly people. He giveth meat By the same clouds by which he punisheth wicked men, he provideth plentiful showers to drop fatness upon the earth. With clouds he covereth the light With thick and black clouds spread over the whole heavens, as in times of great thunders and lightnings, he obscures the light of the day, or the splendour of the shining sun.... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 36:29-30
Job 36:29-30. Can any understand the spreadings of the clouds? Hebrew, of a cloud: whence it comes to pass that a small cloud, no bigger than a man’s hand, suddenly spreads over the whole heavens: how the clouds come to be suddenly gathered and so condensed as to bring forth thunder and lightning. Or the noise of his tabernacle The thunder produced in the clouds, which are often called God’s tent or tabernacle. Behold, he spreadeth his light That is, the lightning, fitly called God’s... read more