Job 36:32 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³²With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.

Job 36:32 —

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Cross-References

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Job 37:15
Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?
Psalms 18:11
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Psalms 135:7
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.
Psalms 147:8-9
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. …
Psalms 148:8
Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:

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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. 32)

32. Rather, “He covereth (both) His hands with light (lightning, Job 37:3, Margin), and giveth it a command against his adversary” (literally, the one “assailing” Him, Psa 8:2; 139:20; Job 21:19). Thus, as in Job 36:31, the twofold effects of His waters are set forth, so here, of His light; in the one hand, destructive lightning against the wicked; in the other, the genial light for good to His fr…