Job 37:16

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 37:16

clouds = thick clouds. read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 37:16

Job 37:16. Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, &c.— Art thou acquainted with the balance of the atmosphere, the wonders of perfect wisdom? Heath. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 37:16

16. Hebrew, "Hast thou understanding of the balancings," c., how the clouds are poised in the air, so that their watery gravity does not bring them to the earth? The condensed moisture, descending by gravity, meets a warmer temperature, which dissipates it into vapor (the tendency of which is to ascend) and so counteracts the descending force. perfect in knowledge—God not here in the sense that Elihu uses it of himself ( :-). dost thou know—how, &c. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 37:1-24

The Speeches of Elihu (concluded)2. The thunder is frequently called the voice of God: cp. Psalms 29. Sound] RM ’muttering.’4. Them] the flashes and thunderclaps. 6c. RV ’And to the showers of his mighty rain.’ 7b. RV ’That all men whom he hath made may know it.’The suspension of work by storms shows men that they are subject to a higher Power.9. Render, ’The whirlwind comes from its chamber, and cold from the scatterers,’ i.e. from the winds (so RM), which scatter the clouds. But we should... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 37:16

(16) The balancings of the clouds.—How they are poised and suspended in the sky. “Ye clouds, that far above me float and pause.”—Coleridge. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 37:1-24

Job 37:16 I rather believe that some of the mysteries of the clouds never will be understood by us at all. 'Knowest thou the balancings of the clouds?' Is the answer ever to be one of pride? The wondrous works of Him, Who is perfect in knowledge? Is our knowledge ever to be so?... For my own part, I enjoy the mystery, and perhaps the reader may. I think he ought. He should not be less grateful for summer rains, or see less beauty in the clouds of morning, because they come to prove him with... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 37:1-24

XXVI.THE DIVINE PREROGATIVEJob 35:1-16; Job 36:1-33; Job 37:1-24AFTER a long digression Elihu returns to consider the statement ascribed to Job, "It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God." {Job 34:9} This he laid hold of as meaning that the Almighty is unjust, and the accusation has been dealt with. Now he resumes the question of the profitableness of religion."Thinkest thou this to be in thy right, And callest thou it ‘My just cause before God,’ That thou dost ask... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Job 37:1-24

CHAPTERS 36:22--37:24 1. God’s power and presence in nature (Job 36:22-33 ) 2. The thunderstorm (Job 37:1-5 ) 3. The snow and the rain (Job 37:6-16 ) 4. Elihu’s concluding remarks (Job 37:17-24 ) Job 36:22-33 . The chapter division in the Authorized Version is at fault. These concluding verses of the thirty-sixth chapter begin the final section of Elihu’s testimony. Unspeakably great in every way, in diction and reverence, is this man’s witness to the ways of God in creation’s work.... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Job 37:16

37:16 Dost thou know the {m} balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?(m) Which is sometimes changed into rain, or snow, hail or such like. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Job 37:1-24

MAN'S IMPOTENCE IN THE STORM (vv.1-5) As the storm breaks upon them, Elihu himself trembles (v.1). The thunder of God's voice calls for man's close attention and His lightning spreads over the whole visible area (vv.2-3). "After it, a voice roars. He thunders with His majestic voice" (v.4). "God thunders marvellously with His voice: He does great things which we cannot comprehend" (v.5). Here before Job's eyes was an object lesson concerning the spiritual storm he had experienced. He could... read more

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