Job 37 — T4T

Elihu continued his final speech

37Verse 1“My heart pounds [DOU] when I think about that.
^{Verse 2}Listen, all of you, to the thunder,which is like God’s voice [DOU].^{Verse 3}He causes thunder to be heard all across the sky,and he causes lighting to flash to the most distant places on the earth.^{Verse 4}After the lightning flashes, we hear the thunderwhich is like [MET] God’s majestic voice;
he does not restrain the lightning when he speaks.^{Verse 5}When God speaks, it is awesome, like thunder;he does amazing things which we cannot fully understand.^{Verse 6}He commands the snow to fall on the ground,and sometimes he causes it to rain very hard.^{Verse 7}And when God does that, it prevents people [SYN] from working,in order that all people may know that he is the one who has done that (OR, what he can do).^{Verse 8}When it rains, animals go into their hiding places,and they remain there until the rain stops.^{Verse 9}The storms/hurricanes come from the place in the south where they start,and the cold wind comes from the north.^{Verse 10}In the ◄winter/cold season►, the cold north wind is like God’s breath that causes [MET] water to freeze;he causes the lakes/streams to become ice.^{Verse 11}God fills the clouds with moisture/hail,and lightning flashes from the clouds.^{Verse 12}He guides the clouds and causes them to move back and forthin order that they may accomplish all that he commands them to do, all over the world.^{Verse 13}Sometimes God sends rain to punish us,and sometimes he sends rain to show us that he acts kindly toward us.^{Verse 14}“Job, listen to this;stop and think about the wonderful things that God does.^{Verse 15}◄Do you know how God commands the lightning to flash down from the clouds?/We do not know how God commands the lightning to flash down from the clouds.► [RHQ]
^{Verse 16}Only God knows everything perfectly;so ◄do you know how he causes the clouds to <move/float> <amazingly/wonderfully> across the sky?/you certainly do not know how he causes the clouds to <move/float> <amazingly/wonderfully> across the sky!► [RHQ]^{Verse 17}No, you just sweat there in your clothes;it is very oppressive when the hot wind stops blowing from the south and all the leaves on the trees ◄become still/do not move►.^{Verse 18}◄Can you stretch out the skies like God does and make them as hard as [SIM] a sheet of polished brass?/You certainly cannot stretch out the skies like God does and make them as hard as [SIM] a sheet of polished brass!► [RHQ]^{Verse 19}“Job, tell us(exc) what we should say to God;we do not know anything [IDM].
As a result, we do not know what to say to him to defend ourselves.^{Verse 20}Should I tell God that I want to speak to him?No, because if I did that, he might destroy me.^{Verse 21}Now, people cannot look directly at the sunwhen it shines brightly in the sky after the wind has blown the clouds away;
so, we certainly cannot look at the brightness of God.^{Verse 22}God comes out of the north with a light that shines like gold;his glory causes us to be afraid.^{Verse 23}Almighty God is very powerful,and we cannot come near to him.He always acts righteously,and he will never oppress us.^{Verse 24}That is the reason that we have an awesome respect for him;he does not pay attention to those who proudly, but wrongly, think that they are wise.”