Job 37:15

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

Complete Jewish Bible:

Do you know how God puts them in place, how he causes lightning to flash from his cloud?

Berean Standard Bible:

Do you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash?

American Standard Version:

Dost thou know how God layeth his charge upon them, And causeth the lightning of his cloud to shine?

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Dost thou know{H3045} when God{H433} disposed{H7760} them, and caused the light{H216} of his cloud{H6051} to shine{H3313}?

Cross-References (KJV):

Isaiah 40:26

  • Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these [things], that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that [he is] strong in power; not one faileth.

Job 28:24

  • For he looketh to the ends of the earth, [and] seeth under the whole heaven;

Job 28:27

  • Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.

Job 36:30

  • Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

Job 36:32

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

Job 37:11

  • Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

Psalms 119:90

  • Thy faithfulness [is] unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

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Commentary for Job 37:15

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H3045
    There are 873 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָדַע
    Transliteration: yâdaʻ
    Pronunciation: yaw-dah'
    Description: a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.); acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-) norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, [phrase] be learned, [phrase] lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, [idiom] prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), [idiom] will be, wist, wit, wot.
  2. Strong's Number: H433
    There are 123 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֱלוֹהַּ
    Transliteration: ʼĕlôwahh
    Pronunciation: el-o'-ah
    Description: rarely (shortened) אֱלֹהַּ; probably prolonged (emphatic) from אֵל; a deity or the Deity; God, god. See אֱלֹהִים.
  3. Strong's Number: H7760
    There are 550 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שׂוּם
    Transliteration: sûwm
    Pronunciation: soom
    Description: or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work.
  4. Strong's Number: H216
    There are 191 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אוֹר
    Transliteration: ʼôwr
    Pronunciation: ore
    Description: from אוֹר; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.); bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
  5. Strong's Number: H6051
    There are 80 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עָנָן
    Transliteration: ʻânân
    Pronunciation: aw-nawn'
    Description: from עָנַן; a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud; cloud(-y).
  6. Strong's Number: H3313
    There are 8 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָפַע
    Transliteration: yâphaʻ
    Pronunciation: yaw-fah'
    Description: a primitive root; to shine; be light, shew self, (cause to) shine (forth).