Elihu continues 'Listen carefully to the thunder of his voice and the rumbling that comes from his mouth,' inviting attentive listening to divine manifestation in natural phenomena. This verse continues the appeal to contemplation of natural phenomena as evidence of divine presence and power. The personification of divine voice speaking through thunder suggests that natural phenomena themselves communicate divine presence. Elihu invites Job to listen to what divine manifestations in nature convey. Yet the verse also raises questions: what does thunder actually say? Does thunder speak of justice, or of power? Can one truly discern moral meaning in natural phenomena, or is one projecting meaning onto ambiguous events?

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