Job - Chapter 37 | Good News Translation

  • 1. The storm makes my heart beat wildly.
  • 2. Listen, all of you, to the voice of God, to the thunder that comes from his mouth.
  • 3. He sends the lightning across the sky, from one end of the earth to the other.
  • 4. Then the roar of his voice is heard, the majestic sound of thunder, and all the while the lightning flashes.
  • 5. At God's command amazing things happen, wonderful things that we can't understand.
  • 6. He commands snow to fall on the earth, and sends torrents of drenching rain.
  • 7. He brings our work to a stop; he shows us what he can do.
  • 8. The wild animals go to their dens.
  • 9. The storm winds come from the south, and the biting cold from the north.
  • 10. The breath of God freezes the waters, and turns them to solid ice.
  • 11. Lightning flashes from the clouds,
  • 12. as they move at God's will. They do all that God commands, everywhere throughout the world.
  • 13. God sends rain to water the earth; he may send it to punish us, or to show us his favor.
  • 14. Pause a moment, Job, and listen; consider the wonderful things God does.
  • 15. Do you know how God gives the command and makes lightning flash from the clouds?
  • 16. Do you know how clouds float in the sky, the work of God's amazing skill?
  • 17. No, you can only suffer in the heat when the south wind oppresses the land.
  • 18. Can you help God stretch out the sky and make it as hard as polished metal?
  • 19. Teach us what to say to God; our minds are blank; we have nothing to say.
  • 20. I won't ask to speak with God; why should I give him a chance to destroy me?
  • 21. And now the light in the sky is dazzling, too bright for us to look at it; and the sky has been swept clean by the wind.
  • 22. A golden glow is seen in the north, and the glory of God fills us with awe.
  • 23. God's power is so great that we cannot come near him; he is righteous and just in his dealings with us.
  • 24. No wonder, then, that everyone is awed by him, and that he ignores those who claim to be wise.
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