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Job 37:16 — King James Version← Study notes

Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?


Job 37:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 37:167 words
HebrewMeaning
הֲ֭/תֵדַעhătēdaʿ
¿ do you knowparticleH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
מִפְלְשֵׂיmipələśēy
the balancing ofnounH4657
עָ֑בʿāb
the cloudsnounH5645
cloud · thick · thicket. Compare
מִ֝פְלְא֗וֹתmipələʾwōt
the wondrous works ofnounH4652
תְּמִ֣יםtəmiym
one complete ofadjH8549
complete · full · perfect · sincerely ···
דֵּעִֽיםdēʿiym
knowledgenounH1843
opinion
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 37:16

Dost thou know the mighty paths of the clouds, and their perfect knowledge? These clouds have most subtle paths, namely, the ways of holy preaching. For narrow is the gate, which leadeth unto life. They confine then those by paths, who do not depart from the track of their purpose by wandering through the wide desires of the world. For the strict censure of holy living is not a broad way, but a path, in which each preacher is studiously confined: because he is carefully…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 27 §60
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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Lessons in obedience - Job 37
God meets us exactly where we are - broken, uncertain, yet chosen. Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss. God is faithful in every circumstance. Now I understand why -...
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