Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

Yea, doth any understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle?

New American Standard Bible

“Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds,
The thundering of His pavilion?

King James Version

Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?

Holman Bible

Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out
or how the thunder roars from God’s pavilion?

International Standard Version

"Furthermore, can anyone understand cloud patterns, or the thundering in his pavilion?

A Conservative Version

Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?

American Standard Version

Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?

Amplified


“Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds
Or the thundering of His pavilion?

Bible in Basic English

And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent?

Darby Translation

But can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the crashing of his pavilion?

Julia Smith Translation

Also if he shall understand the spreadings of the cloud, the noise of his booth.

King James 2000

Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the thunder of his tabernacle?

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Moreover, {can anyone understand} [the] spreading of clouds, [the] thundering of his dwelling place?

Modern King James verseion

Also can any understand the spreading of the clouds, or the crashing of His canopy?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He can spread out the clouds - a covering of his tabernacle -

NET Bible

Who can understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?

New Heart English Bible

Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, and the thunderings of his pavilion?

The Emphasized Bible

But surely none can understand the burstings of the cloud, the crashing of his pavilion!

Webster

Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?

World English Bible

Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, and the thunderings of his pavilion?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מפרשׂ 
Miphras 
Usage: 2

of the clouds
עב 
`ab 
Usage: 32

or the noise
תּשׁאה 
T@shu'ah 
Usage: 4

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Elihu Extols God's Greatness

28 Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly. 29 Yea, doth any understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle? 30 Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,



Cross References

Job 37:16

Dost thou know the balancings of a cloud? The wonders of the Perfect in knowledge?

1 Kings 18:44-45

And it cometh to pass, at the seventh, that he saith, 'Lo, a little thickness as the palm of a man is coming up out of the sea.' And he saith, 'Go up, say unto Ahab, 'Bind -- and go down, and the shower doth not restrain thee.'

Job 26:14

Lo, these are the borders of His way, And how little a matter is heard of Him, And the thunder of His might Who doth understand?

Job 37:2-5

Hearken diligently to the trembling of His voice, Yea, the sound from His mouth goeth forth.

Job 38:9

In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,

Job 38:37

Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,

Psalm 18:13

And thunder in the heavens doth Jehovah, And the Most High giveth forth His voice, Hail and coals of fire.

Psalm 29:3-10

The voice of Jehovah is on the waters, The God of glory hath thundered, Jehovah is on many waters.

Psalm 77:16-19

The waters have seen Thee, O God, The waters have seen Thee, They are afraid -- also depths are troubled.

Psalm 104:3

Who is laying the beam of His upper chambers in the waters, Who is making thick clouds His chariot, Who is walking on wings of wind,

Psalm 104:7

From Thy rebuke they flee, From the voice of Thy thunder haste away.

Nahum 1:3

Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, And Jehovah doth not entirely acquit, In a hurricane and in a tempest is His way, And a cloud is the dust of His feet.

Habakkuk 3:10

Seen thee -- pained are mountains, An inundation of waters hath passed over, Given forth hath the deep its voice, High its hands it hath lifted up.

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