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Job 37:3
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He lets it loose beneath the entire sky;his lightning to the ends of the earth.
He sends it forth under the whole sky, And his lightning to the ends of the eretz.
He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
He turns his lightning loose under the whole sky and sends it to the farthest parts of the earth.
Under the whole heaven he lets it go, even his lightning to the far corners of the earth.
"He lets it loose under the whole heaven, And His lightning to the ends of the earth.
"Under the whole heaven He lets it loose, And His lightning travels to the ends of the earth.
He sends it forth under the whole sky, And his lightning to the ends of the earth.
He directeth it vnder the whole heauen, and his light vnto the endes of the world.
Under the whole heaven He lets it loose,And His lightning to the ends of the earth.
He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.
and when I see his lightning flash across the sky.
He sends it out under all of heaven, his lightning to the ends of the earth.
He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
He sends his lightning to flash across the whole sky. It lights up the earth from one end to the other.
Under the whole of heaven the people shall praise him, and his light shines upon the ends of the earth.
He sends the lightning across the sky, from one end of the earth to the other.
He lets it loose under all the heavens, and his lightning to the earth's corners.
He lets it loose under the whole heavens, and His lightning to the wings of the earth.
He gouerneth euery thinge vnder the heauen, and his light reacheth vnto the ende of the worlde.
He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, And his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
He sends it out through all the heaven, and his thunder-flame to the ends of the earth.
He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, and His lightning unto the ends of the earth.
Hee directeth it vnder the whole heauen, and his lightning vnto the ends of the earth.
He directeth it vnder the whole heauen, and his light vnto the endes of the worlde.
His dominion is under the whole heaven, and his light is at the extremities of the earth.
He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
He biholdith ouere alle heuenes; and his liyt is ouere the termes of erthe.
He sends it forth under the whole heaven, And his lightning to the ends of the earth.
He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning to the ends of the earth.
He sends it forth under the whole heaven, His lightning to the ends of the earth.
It rolls across the heavens, and his lightning flashes in every direction.
He lets it loose under the whole heaven. He lets His lightning go to the ends of the earth.
Under the whole heaven he lets it loose, and his lightning to the corners of the earth.
Under the whole heavens, he letteth it loose, His lightning also, unto the wings of the earth;
He beholdeth under all the heavens, and his light is upon the ends of the earth.
Under the whole heaven he lets it go, and his lightning to the corners of the earth.
Under the whole heavens He directeth it, And its light [is] over the skirts of the earth.
"Under the whole heaven He lets it loose, And His lightning to the ends of the earth.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
He: Psalms 77:13, Psalms 97:4, Matthew 24:27, Revelation 11:19
lightning: Heb. light
ends: Heb. wings, Job 38:13, Isaiah 11:12, *marg.
Reciprocal: Job 28:26 - a way Job 38:25 - General Psalms 29:7 - flames Luke 17:24 - as
Cross-References
And Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them." And he said to him, "Here I am."
So he said to him, "Go now, see if it is well with your brothers and with the flock, and bring me word." So he sent him from the Valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. Then we will say that a fierce animal has devoured him, and we will see what will become of his dreams."
And Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him"—that he might rescue him out of their hand to restore him to his father.
So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the robe of many colors that he wore.
and returned to his brothers and said, "The boy is gone, and I, where shall I go?"
And they sent the robe of many colors and brought it to their father and said, "This we have found; please identify whether it is your son's robe or not."
‘Have they not found and divided the spoil?— A womb or two for every man; spoil of dyed materials for Sisera, spoil of dyed materials embroidered, two pieces of dyed work embroidered for the neck as spoil?'
Now she was wearing a long robe with sleeves, for thus were the virgin daughters of the king dressed. So his servant put her out and bolted the door after her.
You took some of your garments and made for yourself colorful shrines, and on them played the whore. The like has never been, nor ever shall be.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He directeth it under the whole heaven,.... His voice of thunder, which rolls from one end of the heaven to the other: he charges the clouds with it, and directs both it and them where they shall go and discharge; what tree, house, or man, it shall strike; and where the rain shall fall when the clouds burst: yet Pliny x atheistically calls thunder and lightning chance matters. Thus the ministers of the word, who are compared to clouds, Isaiah 5:6, are charged with it by the Lord: they are directed by him what they shall say, where they shall go and declare it, and he directs where it shall fall with power and weight; yea, he directs it into the very hearts of men, where it pierces and penetrates, and is a discerner and discoverer of their thoughts and intents;
and his lightning unto the ends of the earth: it cometh out of the east, and shineth to the west, Matthew 24:27; and swiftly move to the further parts of the earth: and such a direction, motion, and extent, has the Gospel had; the glorious light of it, comparable to lightning, it first broke forth in the east, where Christ, his forerunner and his disciples, first preached it, and Christian churches were formed; and from thence it spread into the western parts of the world, and before the destruction of Jerusalem it was preached unto all nations; it had a free course, ran, and was glorified; the sound of the voice of it went into all the earth, and the words and doctrines of the apostles unto the ends of the world.
x Nat. Hist. l. 2. c. 43.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
He directeth it under the whole heaven - It is under the control of God, and he directs it where he pleases. It is not confined to one spot, but seems to be complaining from every part of the heavens.
And his lightning - Margin, as in Hebrew “light.” There can be no doubt that the lightning is intended.
Unto the ends of the earth - Margin, as in Hebrew “wings.” The word wings is given to the earth from the idea of its being spread out or expanded like the wings of a bird; compare Job 38:13; Ezekiel 7:2. The earth was spoken of as an expanse or plain that had corners or boundaries (see Isaiah 11:12, note; Isaiah 24:16, note; Isaiah 42:5, note), and the meaning here is, that God spread the lightning at pleasure over the whole of that vast expanse.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 37:3. He directeth it under the whole heaven — He directeth it (the lightning) under the whole heaven, in the twinkling of an eye from east to west; and its light-the reflection of the flash, not the lightning, unto the ends of the earth, so that a whole hemisphere seems to see it at the same instant.
