Job 36:27-37:13

Modern English Version

²⁷ “For He draws up the drops of water;
    they distill rain according to its mist,
²⁸ which the clouds drop down,
    and drip upon man abundantly.
²⁹ Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of clouds,
    or the noise of His tent?
³⁰ See, He spreads His light upon it
    and covers the bottom of the sea.
³¹ For by these He judges the people;
    He gives food in abundance.
³² With clouds He covers the light,
    and commands it to strike the mark.
³³ Its thunder declares it,
    the cattle also, concerning the rising storm.

37 “At this also my heart trembles
    and moves out of its place.
² Hear attentively the thunder of His voice,
    and the sound that goes out of His mouth.
³ He lets it loose under the whole heaven,
    and His lightning unto the ends of the earth.
⁴ After it a voice roars; He thunders with His majestic voice,
    and He does not restrain them when His voice is heard.
⁵ God thunders marvelously with His voice;
    He does great things that we cannot comprehend.
⁶ For He says to the snow, ‘Come on the earth,’
    likewise to the gentle rain and to the heavy rain of His strength.
⁷ He seals up the hand of every man,
    that all men may know His work.
⁸ Then the beasts go into dens
    and remain in their places.
⁹ Out of the south comes the whirlwind,
    and cold out of the north.
¹⁰ By the breath of God frost is given,
    and the broad waters are frozen.
¹¹ Also He loads the thick clouds with moisture;
    He scatters His bright clouds,
¹² and they are turned about by His guidance,
    that they may do whatever He commands them
    upon the face of the inhabited earth.
¹³ He causes it to come, whether for correction,
    or for His land or for mercy.