Job 37:21

In 11 translations

BSB

Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.

KJV

And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

WEB

Now men don’t see the light which is bright in the skies, but the wind passes, and clears them.

ASV

And now men see not the light which is bright in the skies; But the wind passeth, and cleareth them.

LSV

And now, they have not seen the light, || It [is] bright in the clouds, || And the wind has passed by and cleanses them.

YLT

And now, they have not seen the light, Bright it [is] in the clouds, And the wind hath passed by and cleanseth them.

DBY

And now [men] see not the light as it gleameth, it is [hidden] in the skies. But the wind passeth by and cleareth them.

DRC

But now they see not the light: the air on a sudden shall be thickened into clouds, and the wind shall pass and drive them away.

GNV

And nowe men see not the light, which shineth in the cloudes, but the winde passeth and clenseth them.

JPS

And now men see not the light which is bright in the skies; but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

LXXE

But the light is not visible to all: it shines afar off in the heavens, as that which is from him in the clouds.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְעַתָּ֤ה ׀ לֹ֘א רָ֤אוּ א֗וֹר בָּהִ֣יר ה֭וּא בַּשְּׁחָקִ֑ים וְר֥וּחַ עָ֝בְרָ֗ה וַֽתְּטַהֲרֵֽם׃

LXX-Br

Πᾶσι δὲ οὐχ ὁρατὸν τὸ φῶς, τηλαυγές ἐστιν ἐν τοῖς παλαιώμασιν, ὥσπερ τὸ παρʼ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ νεφῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 36:32He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
• Job 26:9He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.
• Job 38:25Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,

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