16Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
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For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion. …
The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. …
Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-20)Elihu here addresses himself closely to Job, desiring him to apply what he had hitherto said to himself. He begs that he would hearken to this discourse (Job 37:14), that he would pause awhile: Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God . What we hear is not likely to profit us unless we consider it, and we are not likely to consider things fully unless we stand still and compose ourselve…
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