Job 36:30 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³⁰Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

Job 36:30 —

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Cross-References

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Job 38:34-35
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? …
Exodus 14:28
And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
Job 38:8-11
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? …
Psalms 18:11-16
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. …
Job 38:25
Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God God Guidance Lord Majesty Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena Theology

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 24-33)

Elihu is here endeavouring to possess Job with great and high thoughts of God, and so to persuade him into a cheerful submission to his providence. I. He represents the work of God, in general, as illustrious and conspicuous, Job 36:24. His whole work is so. God does nothing mean. This is a good reason why we should acquiesce in all the operations of his providence concerning us in particular. His…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 30)

30. light--lightning. it--His tabernacle (Job 36:29). The light, in an instant spread over the vast mass of dark clouds, forms a striking picture. spread--is repeated from Job 36:29 to form an antithesis. “He spreads not only clouds, but light.” covereth the bottom--roots. of the sea--namely, with the light. In the storm the depths of ocean are laid bare; and the light “covers” them, at the same m…