Elihu Proclaims God’s Majesty

24 “Remember to (A)magnify His work,
Of which men have sung.
25 Everyone has seen it;
Man looks on it from afar.

26 “Behold, God is great, and we (B)do not know Him;
(C)Nor can the number of His years be discovered.
27 For He (D)draws up drops of water,
Which distill as rain from the mist,
28 (E)Which the clouds drop down
And pour abundantly on man.
29 Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of clouds,
The thunder from His canopy?
30 Look, He (F)scatters His light upon it,
And covers the depths of the sea.
31 For (G)by these He judges the peoples;
He (H)gives food in abundance.
32 (I)He covers His hands with lightning,
And commands it to [a]strike.
33 (J)His thunder declares it,
The cattle also, concerning [b]the rising storm.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 36:32 strike the mark
  2. Job 36:33 Lit. what is rising

24 Remember to extol his work,(A)
    which people have praised in song.(B)
25 All humanity has seen it;(C)
    mortals gaze on it from afar.
26 How great is God—beyond our understanding!(D)
    The number of his years is past finding out.(E)

27 “He draws up the drops of water,(F)
    which distill as rain to the streams[a];(G)
28 the clouds pour down their moisture
    and abundant showers(H) fall on mankind.(I)
29 Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds,
    how he thunders(J) from his pavilion?(K)
30 See how he scatters his lightning(L) about him,
    bathing the depths of the sea.(M)
31 This is the way he governs[b] the nations(N)
    and provides food(O) in abundance.(P)
32 He fills his hands with lightning
    and commands it to strike its mark.(Q)
33 His thunder announces the coming storm;(R)
    even the cattle make known its approach.[c](S)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 36:27 Or distill from the mist as rain
  2. Job 36:31 Or nourishes
  3. Job 36:33 Or announces his coming— / the One zealous against evil