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Job 37
Elihu's speech reaches its climax in a thunderstorm. His own heart trembles at God's voice (v.1); he traces the lightning to the ends of the earth, the snow ordered to fall, ice formed by God's breath, and clouds steered to do whatever God commands. The storm is presented as deliberate, aimed "for correction, or for his land, or for loving kindness" (v.13). Notice the string of questions to Job from verse 15 on: Do you know how God balances the clouds? They prepare the exact form God's own voice will take in chapter 38.
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“Yes, at this my heart trembles, and is moved out of its place.
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Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, the sound that goes out of his mouth.
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He sends it out under the whole sky, and his lightning to the ends of the earth.
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After it a voice roars. He thunders with the voice of his majesty. He doesn’t hold back anything when his voice is heard.
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God thunders marvelously with his voice. He does great things, which we can’t comprehend.
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For he says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain.
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He seals up the hand of every man, that all men whom he has made may know it.
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Then the animals take cover, and remain in their dens.
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Out of its room comes the storm, and cold out of the north.
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By the breath of God, ice is given, and the width of the waters is frozen.
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Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.
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It is turned around by his guidance, that they may do whatever he commands them on the surface of the habitable world,
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whether it is for correction, or for his land, or for loving kindness, that he causes it to come.
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“Listen to this, Job. Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
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Do you know how God controls them, and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?
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Do you know the workings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?
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You whose clothing is warm when the earth is still by reason of the south wind?
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Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a cast metal mirror?
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Teach us what we will tell him, for we can’t make our case by reason of darkness.
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Will it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
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Now men don’t see the light which is bright in the skies, but the wind passes, and clears them.
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Out of the north comes golden splendor. With God is awesome majesty.
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We can’t reach the Almighty. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.
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Therefore men revere him. He doesn’t regard any who are wise of heart.”
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“Sim, por causa disso o meu coração treme, e salta do seu lugar.
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Ouçam, oh, ouçam o estrondo da sua voz, o som que sai da sua boca.
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Ele o solta por debaixo de todo o céu, e o seu relâmpago até os confins da terra.
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Depois dele, uma voz ruge. Ele troveja com a voz da sua majestade. Ele não retém nada quando a sua voz é ouvida.
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Deus troveja maravilhosamente com a sua voz. Ele faz coisas grandes, que não podemos compreender.
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Pois ele diz à neve: ‘Caia sobre a terra’, e da mesma forma à chuva, e aos aguaceiros da sua forte chuva.
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Ele sela a mão de todo homem, para que todos os homens que ele fez saibam disso.
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Então os animais procuram abrigo, e permanecem em suas tocas.
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Da sua câmara vem a tempestade, e o frio, do norte.
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Pelo sopro de Deus, o gelo é dado, e a vastidão das águas se congela.
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Sim, ele carrega as densas nuvens de umidade. Ele espalha a nuvem do seu relâmpago.
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Elas giram sob a sua direção, para que façam tudo o que ele lhes ordena sobre a face do mundo habitável,
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seja para correção, ou para a sua terra, ou por amor leal, que ele faz com que venham.
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“Ouça isto, Jó. Pare e considere as obras maravilhosas de Deus.
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Você sabe como Deus as controla, e faz brilhar o relâmpago da sua nuvem?
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Você conhece os movimentos das nuvens, as obras maravilhosas daquele que é perfeito em conhecimento?
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Você, cujas roupas ficam quentes quando a terra fica quieta por causa do vento sul?
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Você pode, com ele, estender o céu, que é firme como um espelho de metal fundido?
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Ensine-nos o que diremos a ele, pois não podemos formular nossa defesa por causa das trevas.
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Acaso lhe seria dito que eu gostaria de falar? Ou deveria um homem desejar ser engolido?
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Agora os homens não veem a luz que brilha nos céus, mas o vento passa e os limpa.
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Do norte vem o esplendor dourado. Com Deus está a majestade temível.
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Não podemos alcançar o Todo-Poderoso. Ele é exaltado em poder. Em justiça e grande retidão, ele não oprimirá.
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Portanto, os homens o reverenciam. Ele não leva em conta nenhum dos que são sábios de coração.”
The handoff to the whirlwind
Elihu ends not with an answer but with awe: "We can't reach the Almighty" (v.23). His final image, golden splendor coming out of the north and a majesty no one can approach, leaves Job staring up at a sky that is about to speak.
This is the structural hinge of the book. Four chapters of Elihu drain away the friends' simple equations, and the rhetorical questions he cannot answer are immediately taken over by the LORD, who asks Job the same kind of questions with far greater force.
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