Job 36:29-33

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 36:24-33

Elihu is here endeavouring to possess Job with great and high thoughts of God, and so to persuade him into a cheerful submission to his providence. I. He represents the work of God, in general, as illustrious and conspicuous, Job 36:24. His whole work is so. God does nothing mean. This is a good reason why we should acquiesce in all the operations of his providence concerning us in particular. His visible works, those of nature, and which concern the world in general, are such as we admire and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 36:29

Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds ,.... Or "of a cloud" F12 עב "nubis", Montanus, Tigurine version, Mercerus, Piscator, Schultens. , a thick cloud, a single one; which sometimes at the beginning is very small, about the size of a man's hand, 1 Kings 18:44 ; and which in a little time spreads all over the heavens, and covers them with black clouds and darkness; none can understand, describe, and tell by what means so small a cloud at first appearance is spread... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 36:30

Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it ,.... Upon his tabernacle; that is, upon the clouds, which are his tabernacle; either the light of the sun, whereby the clouds are dispersed and blotted out; an emblem of the blotting out of sin, or the forgiveness of it, Isaiah 44:22 , which is like a clear shining after rain, 2 Samuel 23:4 , or on a thin cloud, whereby the rainbow is formed, an emblem of peace and reconciliation by Christ; or lightning, which bursting out of the dark cloud is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 36:31

For by them judgeth he the people ,.... That is, by the clouds; which the Lord uses both in a way of judgment, as expressed in this clause; and in a way of mercy, as in the following; by these, and what issue out of them, as rain, hail, winds, thunder, and lightning, he sometimes punishes the inhabitants of the earth, as he did the old world by a deluge of water, which came partly from the fountains of the great deep, and partly from the windows of heaven, which destroyed man and beast, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 36:32

With clouds he covereth the light ,.... Either the lightning, which is hid and covered in the black dark cloud until it bursts out of it; or the light of the sun, which is wonderful, that waters naturally clear and transparent, when formed into clouds, should obstruct the rays of the sun and darken it; see Ezekiel 32:7 ; and thus it was in the storm and tempest the Apostle Paul was in many days, which was so thick and dark, that the sun and stars did not appear of a long time, Acts 27:20 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 36:33

The noise thereof showeth concerning it ,.... The rain, that it is coming; it is a presage and prognostic of it, namely, the noise of the clouds in the air, the sound of abundance of rain there; or the noise of the winds, which is often a forerunner of it: or the noise of thunder when rain frequently follows, Jeremiah 10:13 ; the cattle also concerning the vapour ; that is, the cattle likewise show signs of rain, being sensible of the vapours which rise up out of the earth, and are... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 36:29

Can any understand the spreadings of the clouds - Though the vapor appear to be fortuitously raised, and subject, when suspended in the atmosphere, to innumerable accidents, to different winds and currents which might drive it all to the sandy deserts, or direct its course so that it should fall again into the great deep from which it has been exhaled, without watering and refreshing the earth; yet so does the good and wise providence of God manage this matter, that every part of the arable... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 36:30

He spreadeth his light upon it - Or, as Mr. Good translates, "He throweth forth from it his flash." These two verses may both have an allusion to the sudden rarefaction of that part of the atmosphere whence the thunder proceeds, by the agency of the electric fluid; the rushing in of the air on each side to restore the equilibrium, which the passage of the fire had before destroyed. The noise produced by this sudden rushing in of the air, as well as that occasioned by the ignition of the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 36:31

By them judgeth he the people - He makes storms, tempests, winds, hurricanes, tornadoes, thunder and lightning, drought and inundation, the instruments of his justice, to punish rebellious nations. He giveth meat in abundance - Though by these he punishes offenders, yet through the same, as instruments, he provides for the wants of men and animals in general. Storms, tempests, and hurricanes, agitate the lower regions of the atmosphere, disperse noxious vapours, and thus render it fit... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 36:32

With clouds he covereth the light - This is all extraordinary saying, אור כמה כפים על al cappayim kissah or , which Mr. Good translates, "He brandisheth the blaze athwart the concave." The Vulgate, with which all the other versions less or more agree, has, In manibus abscondit lucem , "In his hands he hideth the light;" or, more literally, "By the hollow of his hands ( כפים cappayim ) he concealeth the light, ( אור or ,") the fountain of light, i.e., the Sun. And commandeth... read more

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