34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
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Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 25-41)Hitherto God had put such questions to Job as were proper to convince him of his ignorance and short-sightedness. Now he comes, in the same manner, to show his impotency and weakness. As it is but little that he knows, and therefore he ought not to arraign the divine counsels, so it is but little that he can do, and therefore he ought not to oppose the proceedings of Providence. Let him consider w…
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