Job 36:32

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Summary

Job 36:32

With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.

Perhaps these difficult verses should be rendered, "he covereth the concave with lightning, and chargeth it what it shall strike

Acts 27:20

General references

Job 37:21

Bible References

Perhaps these difficult verses should be rendered, "he covereth the concave with lightning, and chargeth it what it shall strike

“He covers the face of the full moon
And spreads His cloud over it.

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, so that darkness may come over the land of Egypt, a darkness which [is so awful that it] may be felt.”

He made darkness His hiding place (covering); His pavilion (canopy) around Him,
The darkness of the waters, the thick clouds of the skies.

Who causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth;
Who makes lightning for the rain,
Who brings the wind from His storehouses;

Who covers the heavens with clouds,
Who provides rain for the earth,
Who makes grass grow on the mountains.

Lightning and hail, snow and fog;
Stormy wind, fulfilling His orders;

Since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm kept raging about us, from then on all hope of our being saved was [growing worse and worse and] gradually abandoned.

General references

“Now people cannot look at the light when it is bright in the skies [without being blinded],
When the wind has passed and cleared them.