Job 38:35

Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we [are]?

Canst thou send {H7971} lightnings {H1300}, that they may go {H3212}, and say {H559} unto thee, Here we are?

Can you send lightning bolts on their way? Will they say to you, 'Here we are'?

Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?

Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • 2 Kings 1:14 (2 votes)

    Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.

  • Job 37:3 (2 votes)

    He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.

  • Numbers 11:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ And [when] the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard [it]; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed [them that were] in the uttermost parts of the camp.

  • Isaiah 6:8 (2 votes)

    Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here [am] I; send me.

  • Leviticus 10:2 (2 votes)

    And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.

  • Exodus 9:29 (2 votes)

    And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; [and] the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth [is] the LORD'S.

  • Revelation 11:5 (2 votes)

    And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.