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Job 37:14

Give ear to this, O Job, and keep quiet in your place; and take note of the wonders worked by God.

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God;   God Continued...;   Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena;   Religion;   Thompson Chain Reference - Consideration, Themes for;   Mind, Carnal-Spiritual;   Quietness;   Quietness-Tumult;   Stillness;   Themes for Consideration;   Thoughtfulness;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Listen to this, Job.Stop and consider God’s wonders.
Hebrew Names Version
"Listen to this, Iyov: Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
King James Version
Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
English Standard Version
"Hear this, O Job; stop and consider the wondrous works of God.
New Century Version
"Job, listen to this: Stop and notice God's miracles.
New English Translation
"Pay attention to this, Job! Stand still and consider the wonders God works.
Amplified Bible
"Listen to this, Job; Stand still and consider the wonders of God.
New American Standard Bible
"Listen to this, Job; Stand and consider the wonders of God.
World English Bible
"Listen to this, Job: Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Hearken vnto this, O Iob: stand and consider the wonderous workes of God.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Give ear to this, O Job,Stand and carefully consider the wondrous deeds of God.
Berean Standard Bible
Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God.
Contemporary English Version
Job, consider carefully the many wonders of God.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Listen to this, Iyov! Stop, and consider God's wonders.
Darby Translation
Hearken unto this, Job; stand still and discern the wondrous works of God.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Job, stop for a minute and listen. Think about the wonderful things God does.
George Lamsa Translation
Hearken to this, O Job: listen and consider the wondrous works of God.
Good News Translation
Pause a moment, Job, and listen; consider the wonderful things God does.
Lexham English Bible
"Hear this, Job; stand still and consider carefully God's wondrous works.
Literal Translation
Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonderful works of God.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Herken vnto this (o Iob) stonde still, and considre the wonderous workes of God.
American Standard Version
Hearken unto this, O Job: Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Hearken unto this, O Job; stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
King James Version (1611)
Hearken vnto this, O Iob: stand still, and consider the wondrous workes of God.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Hearken vnto this O Iob, stand still, and consider the wonderous workes of God.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Hearken to this, O Job: stand still, and be admonished of the power of the Lord.
English Revised Version
Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Joob, herkene thou these thingis; stonde thou, and biholde the meruels of God.
Update Bible Version
Listen to this, O Job: Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
Webster's Bible Translation
Hearken to this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
New King James Version
"Listen to this, O Job; Stand still and consider the wondrous works of God.
New Living Translation
"Pay attention to this, Job. Stop and consider the wonderful miracles of God!
New Life Bible
"Hear this, O Job. Stop and think about the great works of God.
New Revised Standard
"Hear this, O Job; stop and consider the wondrous works of God.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Give thou ear unto this, O Job, Stay, and consider well the wonders of GOD: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
Hearken to these things, Job: Stand, and consider the wondrous works of God.
Revised Standard Version
"Hear this, O Job; stop and consider the wondrous works of God.
Young's Literal Translation
Hear this, O Job, Stand and consider the wonders of God.
THE MESSAGE
"Job, are you listening? Have you noticed all this? Stop in your tracks! Take in God's miracle-wonders! Do you have any idea how God does it all, how he makes bright lightning from dark storms, How he piles up the cumulus clouds— all these miracle-wonders of a perfect Mind? Why, you don't even know how to keep cool on a sweltering hot day, So how could you even dream of making a dent in that hot-tin-roof sky?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Listen to this, O Job, Stand and consider the wonders of God.

Contextual Overview

14 Give ear to this, O Job, and keep quiet in your place; and take note of the wonders worked by God. 15 Have you knowledge of God's ordering of his works, how he makes the light of his cloud to be seen? 16 Have you knowledge of the balancings of the clouds, the wonders of him who has all wisdom? 17 You, whose clothing is warm, when the earth is quiet because of the south wind, 18 Will you, with him, make the skies smooth, and strong as a polished looking-glass? 19 Make clear to me what we are to say to him; we are unable to put our cause before him, because of the dark. 20 How may he have knowledge of my desire for talk with him? or did any man ever say, May destruction come on me?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

stand: Exodus 14:13, Psalms 46:10, Habakkuk 2:20

consider: Job 26:6-14, Job 36:24, Psalms 111:2, Psalms 145:5, Psalms 145:6, Psalms 145:10-12

Reciprocal: Exodus 3:3 - General Job 38:1 - General Ecclesiastes 7:13 - Consider

Cross-References

Genesis 13:18
And Abram, moving his tent, came and made his living-place by the holy tree of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and made an altar there to the Lord.
Genesis 23:2
And Sarah's death took place in Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan: and Abraham went into his house, weeping and sorrowing for Sarah.
Genesis 29:6
And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well, and here is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep.
Genesis 35:27
And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, at Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had been living.
Genesis 37:17
And the man said, They have gone away from here, for they said in my hearing, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after them and came up with them at Dothan.
Genesis 37:18
But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;
Genesis 41:16
Then Joseph said, Without God there will be no answer of peace for Pharaoh.
Numbers 13:22
They went up into the South and came to Hebron; and Ahiman and Sheshai and Talmai, the children of Anak, were living there. (Now the building of Hebron took place seven years before that of Zoan in Egypt.)
Joshua 14:13
And Joshua gave him his blessing; and he gave Hebron to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, for his heritage.
Joshua 14:15
In earlier times the name of Hebron had been Kiriath-arba, named after Arba, the greatest of the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Hearken unto this, O Job,.... Either to the present clap of thunder then heard; or rather to what Elihu had last said concerning clouds of rain coming for correction or mercy; and improve it and apply it to his own case, and consider whether the afflictions he was under were for the reproof and correction of him for sin, or in mercy and love to his soul and for his good, as both might be the case; or to what he had further to say to him, which was but little more, and he should conclude;

stand still; stand up, in order to hear better, and in reverence of what might be said; and with silence, that it might be the better received and understood:

and consider the wondrous works of God; not prodigies and extraordinary things, which are out of the common course of nature, such as the wonders in Egypt, at the Red sea, in the wilderness, and in the land of Canaan, but common things; such as come more or less under daily observation, for of such only he had been speaking, and continued to speak; such as winds, clouds, thunder, lightning, hail, rain, and snow; these he would have him consider and reflect upon, that though they were so common and obvious to view, yet there were some things in them marvellous and beyond the full comprehension of men; and therefore much more must be the works of Providence, and the hidden causes and reasons of them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hearken unto this, O Job - That is, to the lesson which such events are fitted to convey respecting God.

Stand still - In a posture of reverence and attention. The object is to secure a calm contemplation of the works of God, so that the mind might be filled with suitable reverence for him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 37:14. Hearken unto this — Hear what I say on the part of God.

Stand still — Enter into deep contemplation on the subject.

And consider — Weigh every thing; examine separately and collectively; and draw right conclusions from the whole.

The wondrous works of God.Endless in their variety; stupendous in their structure; complicated in their parts; indescribable in their relations and connections; and incomprehensible in the mode of their formation, in the cohesion of their parts, and in the ends of their creation.


 
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