Job 37

¹At this, my heart became frightened, and it has been moved from its place.

²Pay close attention to the alarm of his voice and to the sound that proceeds from his mouth.

³He beholds everything under the heavens, and his light reaches beyond the ends of the earth.

⁴After this, a noise will sound; he will thunder with the voice of his greatness, and it will not be tracked down, yet his voice will be obeyed.

⁵God will thunder with his voice miraculously, for he performs great and unsearchable things.

⁶He commands the snow to descend on earth, and the winter rains, and the shower of his strength.

⁷He signs the hand of all men, so that each one may know his works.

⁸The beast will enter his hiding-place, and he will remain in his cave.

⁹From the interior, a storm will come forth, and a cold winter from the north.

¹⁰As God breathes out, frost forms, and the waters are poured forth very widely again.

¹¹Crops desire clouds, and the clouds scatter their light.

¹²It shines all around, wherever the will of him that governs them will lead, to anywhere he will command, over the whole face of the earth,

¹³whether in one tribe, or in his own region, or in whatever place of his mercy that he will order them to be found.

¹⁴Listen to these things, Job. Stand up and consider the wonders of God.

¹⁵Do you know when God ordered the rains, so as to show the light of his clouds?

¹⁶Do you know the great paths of the clouds, and the perfect sciences?

¹⁷Are not your garments hot, when the south wind blows across the land?

¹⁸Perhaps you have made the heavens with him, which are very solid, as if they had been cast from brass.

¹⁹Reveal to us what we should say to him, for, of course, we are wrapped in darkness.

²⁰Who will explain to him the things that I am saying? Even while a man is still speaking, he will be devoured.

²¹Although they do not see the light, the air will be thickened suddenly into clouds, and the wind, passing by, will drive them away.

²²Riches arrive from the north, and fearful praise reaches out to God.

²³We are not worthy to be able to find him. Great in strength, great in judgment, great in justice: he is indescribable.

²⁴Therefore, men will fear him, and all those who seem to themselves to be wise, will not dare to contemplate him.