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Contemporary English Version

Job 37:14

Job, consider carefully the many wonders of God.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God;   God Continued...;   Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena;   Religion;   Thompson Chain Reference - Consideration, Themes for;   Mind, Carnal-Spiritual;   Quietness;   Quietness-Tumult;   Stillness;   Themes for Consideration;   Thoughtfulness;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Listen to this, Job.Stop and consider God’s wonders.
Hebrew Names Version
"Listen to this, Iyov: Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
King James Version
Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
English Standard Version
"Hear this, O Job; stop and consider the wondrous works of God.
New Century Version
"Job, listen to this: Stop and notice God's miracles.
New English Translation
"Pay attention to this, Job! Stand still and consider the wonders God works.
Amplified Bible
"Listen to this, Job; Stand still and consider the wonders of God.
New American Standard Bible
"Listen to this, Job; Stand and consider the wonders of God.
World English Bible
"Listen to this, Job: Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Hearken vnto this, O Iob: stand and consider the wonderous workes of God.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Give ear to this, O Job,Stand and carefully consider the wondrous deeds of God.
Berean Standard Bible
Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Listen to this, Iyov! Stop, and consider God's wonders.
Darby Translation
Hearken unto this, Job; stand still and discern the wondrous works of God.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Job, stop for a minute and listen. Think about the wonderful things God does.
George Lamsa Translation
Hearken to this, O Job: listen and consider the wondrous works of God.
Good News Translation
Pause a moment, Job, and listen; consider the wonderful things God does.
Lexham English Bible
"Hear this, Job; stand still and consider carefully God's wondrous works.
Literal Translation
Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonderful works of God.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Herken vnto this (o Iob) stonde still, and considre the wonderous workes of God.
American Standard Version
Hearken unto this, O Job: Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
Bible in Basic English
Give ear to this, O Job, and keep quiet in your place; and take note of the wonders worked by God.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Hearken unto this, O Job; stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
King James Version (1611)
Hearken vnto this, O Iob: stand still, and consider the wondrous workes of God.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Hearken vnto this O Iob, stand still, and consider the wonderous workes of God.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Hearken to this, O Job: stand still, and be admonished of the power of the Lord.
English Revised Version
Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Joob, herkene thou these thingis; stonde thou, and biholde the meruels of God.
Update Bible Version
Listen to this, O Job: Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
Webster's Bible Translation
Hearken to this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
New King James Version
"Listen to this, O Job; Stand still and consider the wondrous works of God.
New Living Translation
"Pay attention to this, Job. Stop and consider the wonderful miracles of God!
New Life Bible
"Hear this, O Job. Stop and think about the great works of God.
New Revised Standard
"Hear this, O Job; stop and consider the wondrous works of God.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Give thou ear unto this, O Job, Stay, and consider well the wonders of GOD: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
Hearken to these things, Job: Stand, and consider the wondrous works of God.
Revised Standard Version
"Hear this, O Job; stop and consider the wondrous works of God.
Young's Literal Translation
Hear this, O Job, Stand and consider the wonders of God.
THE MESSAGE
"Job, are you listening? Have you noticed all this? Stop in your tracks! Take in God's miracle-wonders! Do you have any idea how God does it all, how he makes bright lightning from dark storms, How he piles up the cumulus clouds— all these miracle-wonders of a perfect Mind? Why, you don't even know how to keep cool on a sweltering hot day, So how could you even dream of making a dent in that hot-tin-roof sky?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Listen to this, O Job, Stand and consider the wonders of God.

Contextual Overview

14 Job, consider carefully the many wonders of God. 15 Can you explain why lightning flashes at the orders 16 of God who knows all things? Or how he hangs the clouds in empty space? 17 You almost melt in the heat of fierce desert winds when the sky is like brass. 18 God can spread out the clouds to get relief from the heat, but can you? 19 Tell us what to say to God! Our minds are in the dark, and we don't know how to argue our case. 20 Should I risk my life by telling God that I want to speak?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

stand: Exodus 14:13, Psalms 46:10, Habakkuk 2:20

consider: Job 26:6-14, Job 36:24, Psalms 111:2, Psalms 145:5, Psalms 145:6, Psalms 145:10-12

Reciprocal: Exodus 3:3 - General Job 38:1 - General Ecclesiastes 7:13 - Consider

Cross-References

Genesis 13:18
Abram took down his tents and went to live near the sacred trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar in honor of the Lord .
Genesis 29:6
"How is he?" Jacob asked. "He's fine," they answered. "And here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep."
Genesis 35:27
Jacob went to his father Isaac at Hebron, also called Mamre or Kiriath-Arba, where Isaac's father Abraham had lived as a foreigner.
Genesis 37:17
"They're not here anymore," the man replied. "I overheard them say they were going to Dothan." Joseph left and found his brothers in Dothan.
Genesis 37:18
But before he got there, they saw him coming and made plans to kill him.
Genesis 41:16
"Your Majesty," Joseph answered, "I can't do it myself, but God can give a good meaning to your dreams."
Numbers 13:22
As they went through the Southern Desert, they came to the town of Hebron, which was seven years older than the Egyptian town of Zoan. In Hebron, they saw the three Anakim clans of Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai.
Joshua 14:13
Joshua prayed that God would help Caleb, then he gave Hebron to Caleb and his descendants.
Joshua 14:15
Hebron used to be called Arba's Town, because Arba had been one of the greatest of the Anakim. There was peace in the land.
2 Samuel 18:32
"Is my son Absalom all right?" David asked. The Ethiopian replied, "I wish that all Your Majesty's enemies and everyone who tries to harm you would end up like him!"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Hearken unto this, O Job,.... Either to the present clap of thunder then heard; or rather to what Elihu had last said concerning clouds of rain coming for correction or mercy; and improve it and apply it to his own case, and consider whether the afflictions he was under were for the reproof and correction of him for sin, or in mercy and love to his soul and for his good, as both might be the case; or to what he had further to say to him, which was but little more, and he should conclude;

stand still; stand up, in order to hear better, and in reverence of what might be said; and with silence, that it might be the better received and understood:

and consider the wondrous works of God; not prodigies and extraordinary things, which are out of the common course of nature, such as the wonders in Egypt, at the Red sea, in the wilderness, and in the land of Canaan, but common things; such as come more or less under daily observation, for of such only he had been speaking, and continued to speak; such as winds, clouds, thunder, lightning, hail, rain, and snow; these he would have him consider and reflect upon, that though they were so common and obvious to view, yet there were some things in them marvellous and beyond the full comprehension of men; and therefore much more must be the works of Providence, and the hidden causes and reasons of them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hearken unto this, O Job - That is, to the lesson which such events are fitted to convey respecting God.

Stand still - In a posture of reverence and attention. The object is to secure a calm contemplation of the works of God, so that the mind might be filled with suitable reverence for him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 37:14. Hearken unto this — Hear what I say on the part of God.

Stand still — Enter into deep contemplation on the subject.

And consider — Weigh every thing; examine separately and collectively; and draw right conclusions from the whole.

The wondrous works of God.Endless in their variety; stupendous in their structure; complicated in their parts; indescribable in their relations and connections; and incomprehensible in the mode of their formation, in the cohesion of their parts, and in the ends of their creation.


 
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