Job 36:30 “See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of…”

Job 36:30

See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

American Standard Version

Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea.

Geneva Bible 1599

Beholde, he spreadeth his light vpon it, and couereth the bottome of the sea.

Darby Translation

Lo, he spreadeth his light around him, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

Young's Literal Translation

Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,

Bible in Basic English

See, he is stretching out his mist, covering the tops of the mountains with it.

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Cross references

“he”

Job 38:25 Luke 17:24 Job 38:34 Job 38:35

Job 38:25 · BSB

Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,

Luke 17:24 · BSB

For just as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will be the Son of Man in His day.

Job 38:34 · BSB

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

Job 38:35 · BSB

Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?

“and”

Job 38:8–11 Genesis 1:9 Exodus 14:22 Exodus 14:28 Psalm 18:11–16 Psalm 104:5–9

Job 38:8–11 · BSB

Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,

Genesis 1:9 · BSB

And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.

Exodus 14:22 · BSB

and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.

Exodus 14:28 · BSB

The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.

Psalm 18:11–16 · BSB

He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.

Psalm 104:5–9 · BSB

He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

29Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion?

31For by these He judges the nations and provides food in abundance.

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