Job 36:32 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt. ”

Job 36:32 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

With clouds he covereth the light - The Hebrew here is, על־כפים ‛ al - kaphiym - “upon his hands.” Jerome, “In manibus abscondit lucem,” “he hideth the light in his hands.” Septuagint, Ἐπ...
Job 36:32 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it [not to shine] by [the cloud] that cometh (z) betwixt. (z) That is, one cloud to dash against another.
Job 36:32 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

God draws up the water-drops and lets them fall in rain. Who can understand the distribution of the clouds, the thunders which fill the cloud where He dwells? ( cf. Psalms 18:11 ). He is surrounded...
Job 36:32 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt. With clouds he covereth the light - This is all extraordinary saying, על כפים כמה אור al cappay...
Job 36:32 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt. Rather, 'He covereth (both) His hands with light (lightning, Job 37:3 , margin: literally,...
Job 36:32 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Speeches of Elihu (continued) 1-15. Elihu maintains the wisdom and impartial justice of the rule of God. His purpose is to discipline and improve men, even by their afflictions.
Job 36:32 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

With clouds. — The word here rendered “clouds” really means hands, and there seems to be no good reason why it should be otherwise understood. The verse will then read, “He covereth the lightning...
Job 36:32 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XXVI. THE DIVINE PREROGATIVE Job 35:1-16 ; Job 36:1-33 ; Job 37:1-24 AFTER a long digression Elihu returns to consider the statement ascribed to Job, "It profiteth a man nothing that he shou...
Job 36:32 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

He Despiseth not Any Job 36:1-33 God is mighty, but He does not despise thee, though thou be the least of saints. His eyes are upon thee for good, and He will set thee before His throne forever...
Job 36:32 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

After answering the arguments of Job, as expressed in the quotations, there would seem to have been a pause. Then Elihu commenced his last address. He first appealed to Job to hear him, as he was ab...
Job 36:32 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(22) Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him? (23) Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity? (24) В¶ Remember that thou magnify his work, which men b...
Job 36:32 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

With clouds he covereth the light ,.... Either the lightning, which is hid and covered in the black dark cloud until it bursts out of it; or the light of the sun, which is wonderful, that waters nat...
Job 36:32 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it [not to shine] by [the cloud] that cometh betwixt. Ver. 32. With clouds he covereth the light ] Heb. With the palms of his hands (so the clouds...
Job 36:32 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For by them he judgeth the people By thunder and lightning, and rain from the clouds, he executes his judgments against ungodly people. He giveth meat By the same clouds by which he punisheth wic...
Job 36:32 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

SPEAKING ON GOD'S BEHALF (vv.1-4) Elihu continues in the same strain, for as he says, there is much more to be said on God's behalf. Where did Elihu find his knowledge? He fetched it "from afar"...
Job 36:32 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold. 25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off. 26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number o...
Job 36:32 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

With clouds; with thick and black clouds spread over the whole heavens, as it is in times of great thunders and lightnings. Heb. With hands ; either the clouds are so called for their resemblance...
Job 36:32 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

ELIHU’S FOURTH SPEECH No reply being made to Elihu’s preceding address, he resumes. Job 36:1 .—“Elihu also proceded and said”. His object to bring Job to a more becoming state of mind in refere...
Job 36:32 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 36:3 . I will fetch my knowledge from afar; from the expanse of heaven, and from the remotest traditions of the sires. Natural theology is very instructive to man, to acquaint us with the perf...
Job 36:32 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 36:1-18 The two chapters, Job 36:1-18 ; Job 37:1-18 , form a single discourse, and ought not to have been separated; or, at any rate, not so unskilfully as they are, in the...
Job 36:32 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Divine Justice as Supreme Power and Wisdom
Job 36:32 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 27:20 ; Exodus 10:21-23 ; Job 26:9 ; Psalms 135:7 ; Psalms 147:8 ; Psalms 147:9 ; Psalms 148:8 ; Psalms 18:11
Job 36:32 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

High Altitudes in Elihu's Answer to Job Job 32:1-22 , Job 33:1-33 ; Job 34:1-37 ; Job 35:1-16 ; Job 36:1-33 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We now come to that part of the Book of Job which present...
Job 36:32 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Clouds — With thick and black clouds spread over the whole heavens. Light — The sun. The cloud — Which God interposes as a veil between the sun and earth.

Job 36:32 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 36:32 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 36:32 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 36:32 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 36:32 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 36:32 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 36:32 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 36:32 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 36:32 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 36:32 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 36:32 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 36:32 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 36:32 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 36:32 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 36:32 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 36:32 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 36:32 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 36:32 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 36:32 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 36:32 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 36:32 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 36:32 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 36:32 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Job 36:32 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes