Job 38:35 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are? Canst thou send lightnings - We have already seen that the lightning is supposed to be immediately in the hand and under the management of God. The great god of the heathen, Jupiter Brontes, is represented with the forked lightnings and thunderbolt in his hand. He seems so to grasp the bickering flame that, though it struggles for liberty, it cannot escape from his hold. Lightnings - How much like the sound of thunder is the original word: ברכים Berakim! Here are both sense and sound.

Here we are? - Will the winged lightnings be thy messengers, as they are mine?

Job 38:35

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