Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look, he scatters his lightning around him, and he covers the roots of the sea.
New American Standard Bible
And He covers the depths of the sea.
King James Version
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
Holman Bible
and covers the depths of the sea.
International Standard Version
He scatters his lightning above it, and covers the bottom of the sea.
A Conservative Version
Behold, he spreads his light around him, and he covers the bottom of the sea.
American Standard Version
Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea.
Amplified
“Behold, He spreads His lightning around Him [against the dark clouds],
And He covers the depths of the sea.
Bible in Basic English
See, he is stretching out his mist, covering the tops of the mountains with it.
Darby Translation
Lo, he spreadeth his light around him, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, he spread upon it his light, and he covered the roots of the sea.
King James 2000
Behold, he spreads his lightning upon it, and covers the depths of the sea.
Modern King James verseion
Behold, He spreads His light on it, and He covers the bottom of the sea.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and cause his light to shine upon them, and to cover the bottom of the sea.
NET Bible
See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea.
New Heart English Bible
Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! he hath spread out over it, his lightning, The bed of the sea, hath he covered.
Webster
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
World English Bible
Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 36:30
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Extols God's Greatness
29 "Moreover, {can anyone understand} [the] spreading of clouds, [the] thundering of his dwelling place? 30 Look, he scatters his lightning around him, and he covers the roots of the sea. 31 Indeed, he judges people by them; he gives food {in abundance}.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 1:9
And God said, "Let the waters under heaven be gathered to one place, and let the dry ground appear." And it was so.
Exodus 14:22
And the {Israelites} entered the middle of the sea on the dry land. The waters [were] a wall for them on their right and on their left.
Exodus 14:28
And the waters returned and covered the chariots and the charioteers--all the army of Pharaoh coming after them into the sea. Not {even} one survived among them.
Exodus 15:4-5
The chariots of Pharaoh and his army he cast into the sea, and his choice adjutants were sunk in the {Red Sea}.
Job 38:8-11
"Or [who] shut [the] sea in with doors at its bursting, [when] it went out of [the] womb,
Job 38:25
"Who has cut open a channel for the torrents and a way for [the] {thunder bolts},
Job 38:34-35
Can you lift up your voice to the clouds so that a flood of water may cover you?
Psalm 18:11-16
He made darkness his hiding place; all about him his covering [was] a darkness of waters, {thick clouds}.
Psalm 104:5-9
He established [the] earth on her foundations, [so that] it will not be moved forever and ever.
Luke 17:24
For just as the lightning shines forth, flashing from [one place] under heaven to [another place] under heaven, so the Son of Man will be in his day.