Elihu Extols God’s Majesty

¹ “About this also my heart trembles, and it leaps from its place.

² Listen carefully to his voice’s thunder and the rumbling that goes out from his mouth.

³ He lets it loose under all the heavens, and his lightning to the earth’s corners.

⁴ After it, his voice roars; it thunders ⌞with his majestic voice⌟,¹ and he does not restrain it when his voice is heard.

1. Literally “with the voice of his majesty”

⁵ “God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways; he does great things, and we cannot comprehend.

⁶ For to the snow he says, ‘Fall on the earth’; and ⌞the shower of rain, his heavy shower of rain⌟¹—

1. Literally “the shower of rain and the show of rains of his strength”

⁷ ⌞he stops all human beings from working⌟¹ ⌞so that everyone whom he has made may know it⌟.²

1. Literally “on the hand of all man he seals”
2. Literally “to know all men of his work”

⁸ Then¹ the animal goes into its den, and it remains in its den.

1. Hebrew “And”

⁹ “The storm wind comes from its chamber and cold from the north wind.

¹⁰ By God’s breath, ice is given, and the broad waters are frozen.

¹¹ Also, he loads down thick clouds with moisture; his lightning scatters the clouds.

¹² And ⌞they⌟¹ turn around by his guidance to accomplish all that he has commanded them on the face of ⌞the habitable world⌟.²

1. Collective “clouds” in the first line takes the singular “it” here with the plural meaning
2. Literally “world of earth”

¹³ Whether as ⌞correction⌟¹ or for his land, or as loyal love, he lets it happen.

1. Literally “a rod”

¹⁴ “Hear this, Job; stand still and consider carefully God’s wondrous works.

¹⁵ Do you know ⌞how God commands them⌟¹ and how he causes his cloud’s lightning to shine?

1. Literally “at the putting of God upon them”

¹⁶ Do you know about the hovering of the clouds, ⌞the marvelous works of the one with perfect knowledge⌟?¹

1. Literally “the marvelous works of perfect knowledge”

¹⁷ You whose garments are hot, when the earth is being still because of the south wind,

¹⁸ with him can you spread out the skies, hard as a molten mirror?

¹⁹ “Teach us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of the presence of darkness.

²⁰ Should he be told that I want to speak? Or did a man say that he would be communicated with?

²¹ So then, they do not look at the light when it is bright in the skies, when¹ the wind has passed and has cleansed them.

1. Hebrew “and”

²² From the north comes gold— awesome majesty is around God.

²³ As for Shaddai, we cannot attain him; he is exalted in power, and he does not oppress justice and abundant righteousness.

²⁴ Therefore people revered him; he does not regard any¹ ⌞who think that they are wise⌟.”²

1. Or “all”
2. Literally “the wise of heart”