Job 36:32 “He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.”

Job 36:32

He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.

American Standard Version

He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.

Geneva Bible 1599

He couereth the light with the clouds, and commandeth them to go against it.

Darby Translation

[His] hands he covereth with lightning, and commandeth it where it is to strike.

Young's Literal Translation

By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,

Bible in Basic English

He takes the light in his hands, sending it against the mark.

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Cross references

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

Psalm 18:11 Psalm 135:7 Psalm 148:8 Job 26:9 Exodus 10:21–23 Acts 27:20

Psalm 18:11 · BSB

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

Psalm 135:7 · BSB

He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

Psalm 148:8 · BSB

lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,

Job 26:9 · BSB

He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.

Exodus 10:21–23 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”

Acts 27:20 · BSB

When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.

Also

Job 37:15 Job 37:12

Job 37:15 · BSB

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

Job 37:12 · BSB

They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.

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

In context

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

33The thunder declares His presence; even the cattle regard the rising storm.

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