Job 36:27-37:13

International Children’s Bible

²⁷ “God takes up the drops of water from the earth.
    And he turns them into drops of rain.
²⁸ Then the rain pours down from the clouds.
    And showers fall on people.
²⁹ No one understands how God spreads out the clouds.
    No one understands how he thunders from where he lives.
³⁰ Watch how God scatters his lightning around him.
    It even lights up the deepest parts of the sea.
³¹ This is the way God governs the nations.
    This is how he gives us enough food.
³² God fills his hands with lightning.
    And he commands it to strike its target.
³³ His thunder announces that a storm is coming.
    Even the cattle show that the storm is coming.

37 “At the sound of his thunder, my heart pounds.
    It is as if my heart will jump out of my chest.
² Listen! Listen to the thunder of God’s voice.
    Listen to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
³ He turns his lightning loose under the whole sky.
    And he sends it to the farthest parts of the earth.
⁴ After that you can hear the roar
    when he thunders with a great sound.
He does not hold back the flashing
    when his voice is heard.
⁵ God’s voice thunders in wonderful ways.
    He does great things we cannot understand.
⁶ God says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth.’
    And he says to the rain shower, ‘Be a heavy rain.’
⁷ With it, God stops everyone from working.
    That way, everyone knows it is the work of God.
⁸ The animals take cover from the rain.
    They stay in their dens.
⁹ The storm comes from where it was stored.
    The cold comes from the strong winds.
¹⁰ The breath of God makes ice.
    And the wide waters become frozen.
¹¹ God fills the clouds up with water.
    And he scatters his lightning through them.
¹² At God’s command they swirl around
    over the whole earth.
    They do whatever he commands.
¹³ God uses the clouds to punish people
    or to water his earth and show his love.