Job 38:34 BSB — MannaFest

Job 38:34

Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?

KJV

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds - Canst thou produce lightning and thunder, that water may be formed, and poured down upon the earth? Thunder is called קלות koloth, voices; for it is considered the voice of God: here then Job’s voice, קולך kolecha, is opposed to the voice of Jehovah!

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

"What is the way (to the place wherein) light dwelleth?" The origin of light and darkness. In Ge 1:3-5, 14-18, "light" is created distinct from, and previous to, light-emitting bodies, the luminaries of heaven.

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֲתָרִ֣ים	ha.ta.Rim	¿ will you lift up	H7311 →
לָעָ֣ב	la.'Av	to the cloud[s]	H5645 →
קוֹלֶ֑ךָ	ko.Le.cha	voice your	H6963 →
וְֽשִׁפְעַת־	ve.shif.'at-	and an abundance of	H8229 →
מַ֥יִם	Ma.yim	water	H4325 →
תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃	te.kha.Se.ka	will you cover? yourself	H3680 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Zechariah 10:1
Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.
leads to
- James 5:16–18
  Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
- Matthew 7:7–8
  Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
- Isaiah 44:3
  For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
- Deuteronomy 28:23
  The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
- John 16:23
  In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
Through
James 5:18
Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.
leads to
- 1 Kings 18:42–45
  So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.
Through
1 Samuel 12:18
So Samuel called to the LORD, and on that day the LORD sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
leads to
- Exodus 14:31
  When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.
Through
Job 22:11
it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
leads to
- Lamentations 3:54
  The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Job