Job 37:15 KJV — MannaFest

Job 37:15

Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

KJV

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ASV

Dost thou know how God layeth his charge upon them, And causeth the lightning of his cloud to shine?

WEB

Do you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash?

YLT

Dost thou know when God doth place them, And caused to shine the light of His cloud?

DBT

Dost thou know howGod hath disposed them, and how he causeth the lightning of his cloud to flash?

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Job — The canonical wisdom-literature interrogation of undeserved suffering. A prose frame enclosing three cycles of dialogue, a late Elihu interrupt, and a whirlwind theophany that does not answer the question — it relativizes it.

Author: Anonymous. Talmudic tradition names Moses (Bava Batra 14b); internal features (patriarchal setting, no Mosaic Law reference, Job sacrificing as family head, *qesitah* currency of Gen 33:19) suggest patriarchal-era composition or at least tradition-origin.
Date: Traditional: patriarchal period, c. 2000–1800 BC. Critical proposals scatter across pre-exilic to post-exilic. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer takes the position.

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Job 37:11
Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
Isaiah 40:26
Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Job 38:4–41
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Job 36:30–32
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
Job 36:32
With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.

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That all is done by determination and with design we are sure; but what is determined, and what designed, and when the plan was laid, we know not. God often causes the light of his cloud to shine, in the rainbow (so some), in the lightning (so others); but did we foresee, or could we foretel, when he would to it?

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

): Dost thou know this and know that which are the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge? The perfection of God's knowledge. It is one of the most glorious perfections of God that he is perfect in knowledge; he is omniscient.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

when--rather, "how." disposed them--lays His charge on these "wonders" (Job 37:14) to arise. light--lightning. shine--flash. How is it that light arises from the dark thundercloud?

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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