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Job 36:32 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Job 36:32 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 36 verse 32 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.”
Job 36:32 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 36:32
With clouds he covereth the light (עַל־כַּפַּיִם כִּסָּה־אוֹר, al-kappayim kissah-or)—The phrase "upon palms" (al-kappayim) may mean God holds lightning in His hands (literal or poetic). The verb kasah (כָּסָה, "to cover") and or (אוֹר, light, possibly lightning) creates vivid imagery of divine control. The phrase and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt (וַיְצַו עָלֶיהָ בְּמַפְגִּיעַ, vaytzav aleha bemapgia) uses tzavah (צָוָה, "to command") and paga (פָּגַע, "to meet, encounter, intercede"). God commands lightning where to strike, clouds when to obscure light. This emp...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 36:32
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“He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.”
“his pavilion around him”
“snow and clouds; stormy wind”
“who prepares rain for the earth”
“and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?”
“and spreads his cloud on it.”
“Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.”
“that they may do whatever he commands them on the surface of the habitable world”
“and no small storm pressed on us”