Job 36:32 (BSB)
He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
Commentary on Job 36:32
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Job 36:24-33: Elihu is here endeavouring to possess Job with great and high thoughts of God, and so to persuade him into a cheerful submission to his providence. I. He represents the work of God, in general, as illustrious and conspicuous, Job 36:24. His whole work is so. God does nothing mean. This is a good reason why we should acquiesce in all the operations of his providence concerning us in particular.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Job 36:32: 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 naturally clear and transparent, when formed into clouds, should obstruct the rays of the sun and darken it; see Eze 32:7; and thus it was in the storm and...
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Job 36:32: Rather, "He covereth (both) His hands with light (lightning, Job 37:3, Margin), and giveth it a command against his adversary" (literally, the one "assailing" Him, Psa 8:2; Psa 139:20; Job 21:19). Thus, as in Job 36:31, the twofold effects of His waters are set forth, so here, of His light; in the one hand, destructive lightning against the wicked; in the other, the genial light...
- Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Job 36:32: With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it [not to shine] by [the cloud] that cometh betwixt. (z) That is, one cloud to dash against another.