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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Job 37 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/37.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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38">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="q1"><span class="v18_37_1"><span class="reftext" id="Job.37.1" class="v18_37_1">1</span>The storm makes my heart beat wildly.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_37_2"><span class="reftext" id="Job.37.2" class="v18_37_2">2</span>Listen, all of you, to the voice of God,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_37_2">to the thunder that comes from his mouth.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_37_3"><span class="reftext" id="Job.37.3" class="v18_37_3">3</span>He sends the lightning across the sky,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_37_3">from one end of the earth to the other.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_37_4"><span class="reftext" id="Job.37.4" class="v18_37_4">4</span>Then the roar of his voice is heard,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_37_4">the majestic sound of thunder,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_37_4">and all the while the lightning flashes.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_37_5"><span class="reftext" id="Job.37.5" class="v18_37_5">5</span>At God's command amazing things happen,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_37_5">wonderful things that we can't understand.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_37_6"><span class="reftext" id="Job.37.6" class="v18_37_6">6</span>He commands snow to fall on the earth,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_37_6">and sends torrents of drenching rain.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_37_7"><span class="reftext" id="Job.37.7" class="v18_37_7">7</span>He brings our work to a stop;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_37_7">he shows us what he can do.<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.37.7!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_37_8"><span class="reftext" id="Job.37.8" class="v18_37_8">8</span>The wild animals go to their dens.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_37_9"><span class="reftext" id="Job.37.9" class="v18_37_9">9</span>The storm winds come from the south,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_37_9">and the biting cold from the north.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_37_10"><span class="reftext" id="Job.37.10" class="v18_37_10">10</span>The breath of God freezes the waters,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_37_10">and turns them to solid ice.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_37_11"><span class="reftext" id="Job.37.11" class="v18_37_11">11</span>Lightning flashes from the clouds,<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.37.11!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_37_12"><span class="reftext" id="Job.37.12" class="v18_37_12">12</span>as they move at God's will.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_37_12">They do all that God commands,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_37_12">everywhere throughout the world.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_37_13"><span class="reftext" id="Job.37.13" class="v18_37_13">13</span>God sends rain to water the earth;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_37_13">he may send it to punish us,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_37_13">or to show us his favor.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_37_14"><span class="reftext" id="Job.37.14" class="v18_37_14">14</span>Pause a moment, Job, and listen;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_37_14">consider the wonderful things God does.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_37_15"><span class="reftext" id="Job.37.15" class="v18_37_15">15</span>Do you know how God gives the command</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_37_15">and makes lightning flash from the clouds?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_37_16"><span class="reftext" id="Job.37.16" class="v18_37_16">16</span>Do you know how clouds float in the sky,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_37_16">the work of God's amazing skill?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_37_17"><span class="reftext" id="Job.37.17" class="v18_37_17">17</span>No, you can only suffer in the heat</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_37_17">when the south wind oppresses the land.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_37_18"><span class="reftext" id="Job.37.18" class="v18_37_18">18</span>Can you help God stretch out the sky</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_37_18">and make it as hard as polished metal?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_37_19"><span class="reftext" id="Job.37.19" class="v18_37_19">19</span>Teach us what to say to God;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_37_19">our minds are blank; we have nothing to say.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_37_20"><span class="reftext" id="Job.37.20" class="v18_37_20">20</span>I won't ask to speak with God;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_37_20">why should I give him a chance to destroy me?</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_37_21"><span class="reftext" id="Job.37.21" class="v18_37_21">21</span>And now the light in the sky is dazzling,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_37_21">too bright for us to look at it;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_37_21">and the sky has been swept clean by the wind.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_37_22"><span class="reftext" id="Job.37.22" class="v18_37_22">22</span>A golden glow is seen in the north,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_37_22">and the glory of God fills us with awe.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_37_23"><span class="reftext" id="Job.37.23" class="v18_37_23">23</span>God's power is so great that we cannot come near him;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_37_23">he is righteous and just in his dealings with us.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_37_24"><span class="reftext" id="Job.37.24" class="v18_37_24">24</span>No wonder, then, that everyone is awed by him,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_37_24">and that he ignores those who claim to be wise.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">37.7: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation </char><char style="fq" closed="false">us what he can do; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">this to those whom he has made.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">37.11: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Verse 11 in Hebrew is unclear.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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