32With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
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Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. …
Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
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…
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