Job 36:32

In 11 translations

BSB

He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.

KJV

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

WEB

He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.

ASV

He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.

LSV

By two palms He has covered the light, || And lays a charge over it in meeting,

YLT

By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,

DBY

[His] hands he covereth with lightning, and commandeth it where it is to strike.

DRC

In his hands he hideth the light, and commandeth it to come again.

GNV

He couereth the light with the clouds, and commandeth them to go against it.

JPS

He covereth His hands with the lightning, and giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.

LXXE

He has hidden the light in his hands, and given charge concerning it to the interposing cloud.

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WLC

עַל־כַּפַּ֥יִם כִּסָּה־א֑וֹר וַיְצַ֖ו עָלֶ֣יהָ בְמַפְגִּֽיעַ׃

LXX-Br

Ἐπὶ χειρῶν ἐκάλυψε φῶς, καὶ ἐνετείλατο περὶ αὐτῆς ἐν ἀπαντῶντι.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 18:11He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.
• Psalms 135:7He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
• Psalms 148:8lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,
• Psalms 147:8–9who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills. He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
• Job 37:15Do you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash?
• Job 37:12They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.
• Job 26:9He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.
• Exodus 10:21–23Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.” So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all…
• Acts 27:20When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.

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