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14 “Hear this, Job;
stand still and consider carefully God’s wondrous works.
15 Do you know how God commands them[a]
and how he causes his cloud’s lightning to shine?
16 Do you know about the hovering of the clouds,
the marvelous works of the one with perfect knowledge?[b]
17 You whose garments are hot,
when the earth is being still because of the south wind,
18 with him can you spread out the skies,
hard as a molten mirror?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 37:15 Literally “at the putting of God upon them”
  2. Job 37:16 Literally “the marvelous works of perfect knowledge”

Elihu Challenges Job to Pay Attention

14 “Pay attention to this, Job!
    Stand still,
        and consider the wondrous attributes of God.
15 Do you know how God ordains them,
    and makes his lightning to flash throughout his clouds?
16 Do you understand his wondrous work of balancing the clouds,
    the one[a] whose knowledge is perfect,
17 you whose garments are hot,
    even though the land is cooled by a south wind?
18 Can you spread out the skies like he does;
    can you cast them as one might a mirror?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 37:16 The Heb. lacks the one