Job 38:35 “Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you,…”

Job 38:35

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

World English Bible

Can you send out lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?

American Standard Version

Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?

Geneva Bible 1599

Canst thou sende the lightenings that they may walke, and say vnto thee, Loe, heere we are?

Darby Translation

Dost thou send forth lightnings that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

Young's Literal Translation

Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, 'Behold us?'

Bible in Basic English

Do you send out the thunder-flames, so that they may go, and say to you, Here we are?

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Cross references

“Canst”

Exodus 9:23–25 Exodus 9:29 Leviticus 10:2 Numbers 11:1 Numbers 16:35 2 Kings 1:10

Exodus 9:23–25 · BSB

So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.

Exodus 9:29 · BSB

Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.

Leviticus 10:2 · BSB

So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.

Numbers 11:1 · BSB

Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.

Numbers 16:35 · BSB

And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.

2 Kings 1:10 · BSB

Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.

“Here we are”

1 Samuel 22:12 Isaiah 6:8 Isaiah 65:1

1 Samuel 22:12 · BSB

“Listen now, son of Ahitub,” said Saul. “Here I am, my lord,” he replied.

Isaiah 6:8 · BSB

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”

Isaiah 65:1 · BSB

“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’

Also

Job 36:32 Job 37:3

Job 36:32 · BSB

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

Job 37:3 · BSB

He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.

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

In context

34Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?

36Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?

Read Job 38