John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 37:16
Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds ?.... How those ponderous bodies, as some of them are very weighty, full of water, are poised, and hang in the air, without turning this way or the other, or falling on the earth; the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge ; of God, who is a God of knowledge, of knowledges, 1 Samuel 2:3 ; who knows himself and all his works, all creatures and things whatever, see Job 36:4 ; and this is another of his wondrous works, which none... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 37:14-20
Elihu here addresses himself closely to Job, desiring him to apply what he had hitherto said to himself. He begs that he would hearken to this discourse (Job 37:14), that he would pause awhile: Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. What we hear is not likely to profit us unless we consider it, and we are not likely to consider things fully unless we stand still and compose ourselves to the consideration of them. The works of God, being wondrous, both deserve and need our... read more