the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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Job 36:30
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See how he spreads the lightning around him and how it lights up the depths of the sea.
Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; and he covereth the bottom of the sea.
Look, he spreads his light around him; And he covers the bottom of the sea.
Watch how God scatters his lightning around him, lighting up the deepest parts of the sea.
See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea.
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.
"Behold, He spreads His lightning around Him [against the dark clouds], And He covers the depths of the sea.
Behold, he scatters his lightning about him and covers the roots of the sea.
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See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.
And when God sends lightning, it can be seen at the bottom of the sea.
Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea.
See, he is stretching out his mist, covering the tops of the mountains with it.
See how he scatters his lightning over it and covers the roots of the sea.
Lo, he spreadeth his light around him, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
Look, he spreads lightning all over the sky and covers the deepest part of the ocean.
Behold, He spreadeth His light upon it; and He covereth the depths of the sea.
Behold, he spreadeth his light vpon it, and couereth the bottome of the sea.
See, He spreads His lightning around Him and covers the bottom of the sea.
See, he scatters his lightning around him and covers the roots of the sea.
Beholde, he spreadeth his light vpon it, and couereth the bottome of the sea.
Behold, he spreads his light upon it, and covers the bottom of the sea.
He sends lightning through all the sky, but the depths of the sea remain dark.
Lo! he hath spread out over it, his lightning, The bed of the sea, hath he covered.
And lighten with his light from above, he shall cover also the ends of the sea.
Behold, he scatters his lightning about him, and covers the roots of the sea.
Behold, he doth stretch his light vpon it, and couereth the bottome of the sea.
behold he will stretch his bow against him, and he covers the bottom of the sea.
See how he spreads his lightning around himand covers the depths of the sea.
Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.
Look, he scatters his lightning around him, and he covers the roots of the sea.
Behold, He spreads His light about Him, and He covers the bottom of the sea.
Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,
and cause his light to shyne vpo them, and to couer the botome of the see.
"Behold, He spreads His lightning about Him, And He covers the depths of the sea.
Look, He scatters His light upon it, And covers the depths of the sea.
"Behold, He spreads His lightning about Him, And He covers the depths of the sea.
Behold, He spreads His lightning about Him,And He covers the depths of the sea.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
he: Job 38:25, Job 38:34, Job 38:35, Luke 17:24
and: Job 38:8-11, Genesis 1:9, Exodus 14:22, Exodus 14:28, Exodus 15:4, Exodus 15:5, Psalms 18:11-16, Psalms 104:5-9
bottom: Heb. roots
Reciprocal: Genesis 1:3 - Let Job 37:11 - he scattereth Job 37:15 - the light
Cross-References
And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the Lord , and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it,.... Upon his tabernacle; that is, upon the clouds, which are his tabernacle; either the light of the sun, whereby the clouds are dispersed and blotted out; an emblem of the blotting out of sin, or the forgiveness of it,
Isaiah 44:22, which is like a clear shining after rain, 2 Samuel 23:4, or on a thin cloud, whereby the rainbow is formed, an emblem of peace and reconciliation by Christ; or lightning, which bursting out of the dark cloud is spread over it, when it seems to be all in flames. Cocceius renders it, "he spreads the light about himself"; God spreads it about himself, clothing himself with light as with a garment, and dwelling in light inaccessible to men: or he "spreads [it] upon him", upon man; causing his sun to shine on the just and unjust; or on it, the earth; so it was spread when first commanded to shine out of darkness, with which the earth in its primeval state was covered; and so it is spread every morning upon the earth; as soon as day breaks, the morning is spread upon the mountains, and in a short time it overspreads the whole hemisphere; an emblem this of the spread of the light of grace over the dark hearts of men, in conversion, which are like the earth in its chaotic state, or as in the night season covered with darkness; out of which they are called and brought by the grace of God, having the true light sprung and placed in their souls; which at first is but glimmering, and at best imperfect in the present state, yet is spreading and increasing, Proverbs 4:18; and of the spread of the great and glorious light of the Gospel in the world, in the times of the apostles, and as it will be in the latter day glory;
and covereth the bottom of the sea, or "the roots of the sea" n; though one would think they should be rather covered with water and with darkness, as they are; see Job 38:8. This is to be understood either of the light of the sun, and the rays of it, which are so piercing and penetrating as to reach to the bottom of the sea, and cover it and exhale waters out of it; or of lightning, which is equally as piercing and penetrating, or more, and strikes to the very roots of the sea, and covers them, or rather discovers them, so that the channels of waters are seen, and the foundations of the world are discovered, Psalms 18:14; the Targum of this verse is,
"he spreads upon it rain, and covers the rocks or foundations of the sea;''
and the rain is called light according to Ramban, because by the descent of it the day is enlightened, and the darkness of the clouds removed; and by this means the bottom of the sea is covered, so that it passes its bounds and covers the rocks, that is, the borders of it, as others explain it o.
n שרשי הים "radices maris", Pagninus, Montanus, &c. o In Bar Tzemach in loc.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it - That is, upon his tabernacle or dwelling-place - the clouds. The allusion is to lightning, which flashes in a moment over the whole heavens. The image is exceedingly beautiful and graphic. The idea of “spreading out” the light in an instant over the whole of the darkened heavens, is that which Elihu had in his mind, and which impressed him so forcibly. On the difficulty in regard to the translation of the Septuagint here, see Schleusner on the word ἡδὼ hēdō.
And covereth the bottom of the sea - Margin, “roots.” The word roots is used to denote the bottom, as being the lowest part of a thing - as the roots of a tree. The meaning is that he covers the lowest part of the sea with floods of waters; and the object of Elihu is to give an exalted conception of the greatness of God, from the fact that his agency is seen in the higlest and the lowest objects. He spreads out the clouds, thunders in his tabernacle, diffuses a brilliant light over the heavens, and at the same time is occupied in covering the bottom of the sea with the floods. He is Lord over all, and his agency is seen every where. The highest and the lowest objects are under his control, and his agency is seen above and below. On the one hand, he covers the thick and dense clouds with light; and on the other, he envelopes the depth of the ocean in impenetrable darkness.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 36:30. He spreadeth his light upon it — Or, as Mr. Good translates, "He throweth forth from it his flash." These two verses may both have an allusion to the sudden rarefaction of that part of the atmosphere whence the thunder proceeds, by the agency of the electric fluid; the rushing in of the air on each side to restore the equilibrium, which the passage of the fire had before destroyed. The noise produced by this sudden rushing in of the air, as well as that occasioned by the ignition of the hydrogen gas, which is one of the constituents of water, is the thunder of his tabernacle, viz., the atmosphere, where God appears, in such cases, to be manifesting his presence and his power.
Elihu says that God spreadeth his light upon it. This is spoken in reference to the flashes and coruscations of lightning in the time of thunder storms, when, even in a dark night, a sudden flash illuminates for a moment the surface of the earth under that place.
And covereth the bottom of the sea. — He doth whatsoever it pleaseth him in the heavens above, in the earth beneath, in the sea, and in all deep places. Yea, the depths of the sea are as much under his control and influence as the atmosphere, and its whole collection of vapours, meteors, and galvanic and electric fluids.
