Job 37:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹¹Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

Job 37:11 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 36:27-30
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: …
Job 36:32
With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
Isaiah 18:4
For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
Matthew 17:5
While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

Topics

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

Commentary

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

(vv. 6-13)

The changes and extremities of the weather, wet or dry, hot or cold, are the subject of a great deal of our common talk and observation; but how seldom do we think and speak of these things, as Elihu does here, with an awful regard to God the director of them, who shows his power and serves the purposes of his providence by them! We must take notice of the glory of God, not only in the thunder and…

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

(vv. 11)

11-13. How the thunderclouds are dispersed, or else employed by God, either for correction or mercy. by watering--by loading it with water. wearieth--burdeneth it, so that it falls in rain; thus “wearieth” answers to the parallel “scattereth” (compare, see on Job 37:9); a clear sky resulting alike from both. bright cloud--literally, “cloud of his light,” that is, of His lightning. Umbreit for “wat…