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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/job/36.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds, how he thunders from his pavilion?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/36.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Who can understand the spreading of the clouds and the thunder that rolls forth from heaven?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/36.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/36.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/36.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Also can <i>any</i> understand the spreadings of the clouds, <i>or</i> the noise of his tabernacle?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/36.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Indeed, can <i>anyone</i> understand the spreading of clouds, The thunder from His canopy?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/36.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, The thundering of His pavilion?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/36.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, The thundering of His pavilion?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/36.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, The thundering of His pavilion?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/36.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Can anyone discern the spreading of the clouds, The thundering of His pavilion?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/36.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds Or the thundering of His pavilion?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/36.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out or how the thunder roars from God’s pavilion?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/36.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out or how the thunder roars from God&#8217s pavilion? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/36.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/36.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Who can understand how God scatters the clouds and speaks from his home in the thunderstorm? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/36.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/36.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Can anyone really understand how clouds spread out or how he thunders from his dwelling place?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/36.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />No one knows how the clouds move or how the thunder roars through the sky, where God dwells. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/36.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Furthermore, can anyone understand cloud patterns, or the thundering in his pavilion?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/36.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/36.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Who can understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/36.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, and the thunderings of his pavilion?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/36.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/36.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds and the thunderings of his pavilion? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/36.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Indeed, do [any] understand "" The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His dwelling place?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/36.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Yea, doth any understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/36.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Also if he shall understand the spreadings of the cloud, the noise of his booth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/36.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If he will spread out clouds as his tent, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/36.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />If he wills it, he extends the clouds as his tent<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/36.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Can anyone understand the spreading clouds, the thunderings from his tent? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/36.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/36.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Who can understand these things, or the spreading of the clouds out of the greatness of his tabernacle?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/36.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And who will understand and spreads a cloud from the abundance of his tabernacle?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/36.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The crashings of His pavilion?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/36.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And though one should understand the outspreadings of the clouds, <i>or</i> the measure of his tabernacle;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/36-29.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=5674" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/36.htm">Elihu Declares God's Justice and Power</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">28</span>which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind. <span class="reftext">29</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/637.htm" title="637: ’ap̄ (Conj) -- Also, yea. A primitive particle; meaning accession; also or yea; adversatively though.">Furthermore,</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!"></a> <a href="/hebrew/995.htm" title="995: yā·ḇîn (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To discern. A primitive root; to separate mentally, i.e.(generally) understand.">who can understand</a> <a href="/hebrew/5645.htm" title="5645: ‘āḇ (N-cs) -- Dark cloud, cloud mass, thicket. ">how the clouds</a> <a href="/hebrew/4666.htm" title="4666: mip̄·rə·śê- (N-mpc) -- A spreading out, something spread. From paras; an expansion.">spread out,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8663.htm" title="8663: tə·šu·’ō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- Noise. From show'; a crashing or loud clamor.">how the thunder roars</a> <a href="/hebrew/5521.htm" title="5521: suk·kā·ṯōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- A thicket, booth. Fem of cok; a hut or lair.">from His pavilion?</a> </span><span class="reftext">30</span>See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/77-17.htm">Psalm 77:17-18</a></span><br />The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth. / Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/104-3.htm">Psalm 104:3</a></span><br />laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/97-2.htm">Psalm 97:2</a></span><br />Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-22.htm">Isaiah 40:22</a></span><br />He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-9.htm">Isaiah 55:9-10</a></span><br />“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. / For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-13.htm">Jeremiah 10:13</a></span><br />When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-16.htm">Jeremiah 51:16</a></span><br />When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/1-4.htm">Ezekiel 1:4</a></span><br />I looked and saw a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center of the fire was a gleam like amber,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-3.htm">Nahum 1:3</a></span><br />The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/19-16.htm">Exodus 19:16</a></span><br />On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/18-44.htm">1 Kings 18:44-45</a></span><br />On the seventh time the servant reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.” And Elijah replied, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’” / Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/22-12.htm">2 Samuel 22:12</a></span><br />He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/11-19.htm">Revelation 11:19</a></span><br />Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/4-5.htm">Revelation 4:5</a></span><br />From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven spirits of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/10-1.htm">Revelation 10:1</a></span><br />Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Also can any understand the spreading of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?</p><p class="hdg">the spreadings</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/37-16.htm">Job 37:16</a></b></br> Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/38-9.htm">Job 38:9,37</a></b></br> When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/18-44.htm">1 Kings 18:44,45</a></b></br> And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare <i>thy chariot</i>, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not… </p><p class="hdg">the noise</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/37-2.htm">Job 37:2-5</a></b></br> Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound <i>that</i> goeth out of his mouth… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/18-13.htm">Psalm 18:13</a></b></br> The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail <i>stones</i> and coals of fire.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/29-3.htm">Psalm 29:3-10</a></b></br> The voice of the LORD <i>is</i> upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD <i>is</i> upon many waters… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/34-22.htm">Cloud</a> <a href="/job/36-28.htm">Clouds</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-10.htm">Crashing</a> <a href="/job/30-31.htm">Noise</a> <a href="/job/30-7.htm">Noises</a> <a href="/numbers/25-8.htm">Pavilion</a> <a href="/job/26-9.htm">Spreading</a> <a href="/job/26-9.htm">Spreads</a> <a href="/job/30-24.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/job/31-31.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/job/31-31.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-32.htm">Thundering</a> <a href="/exodus/20-18.htm">Thunderings</a> <a href="/job/28-26.htm">Thunders</a> <a href="/job/32-9.htm">Understand</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/36-32.htm">Cloud</a> <a href="/job/36-32.htm">Clouds</a> <a href="/job/36-33.htm">Crashing</a> <a href="/job/36-33.htm">Noise</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-11.htm">Noises</a> <a href="/psalms/18-11.htm">Pavilion</a> <a href="/job/37-18.htm">Spreading</a> <a href="/job/36-30.htm">Spreads</a> <a href="/job/38-5.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/psalms/15-1.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/psalms/15-1.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/job/36-33.htm">Thundering</a> <a href="/revelation/4-5.htm">Thunderings</a> <a href="/job/37-4.htm">Thunders</a> <a href="/job/38-4.htm">Understand</a><div class="vheading2">Job 36</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/36-1.htm">Elihu shows how God is just in his ways</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/36-16.htm">How Job's sins hinder God's blessings</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/36-24.htm">God's works are to be magnified</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/36.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/36.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the mystery and majesty of God's creation, highlighting human limitations in comprehending divine works. The spreading of clouds can be seen as a metaphor for God's providence and presence, often associated with His glory and judgment (<a href="/exodus/13-21.htm">Exodus 13:21-22</a>). In ancient Near Eastern cultures, clouds were often seen as chariots of the gods, symbolizing divine power and authority. This aligns with biblical imagery where God rides on the clouds (<a href="/psalms/104-3.htm">Psalm 104:3</a>). The inability to fully understand these natural phenomena points to the transcendence of God, reminding believers of the need for humility and reverence.<p><b>how the thunder roars from His pavilion</b><br>Thunder is frequently associated with the voice of God in Scripture, symbolizing His power and authority (<a href="/psalms/29-3.htm">Psalm 29:3-9</a>). The term "pavilion" suggests a dwelling place or a tent, indicating God's sovereign rule over creation. In the context of Job, this imagery serves to remind Job and his friends of God's omnipotence and the futility of questioning His ways. The thunderous voice from His pavilion can also be seen as a type of Christ, who is the Word of God and through whom God speaks to humanity (<a href="/john/1.htm">John 1:1-14</a>). This connection underscores the continuity of God's revelation from the Old Testament to the New Testament.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/elihu.htm">Elihu</a></b><br>A young man who speaks to Job and his friends, offering a perspective on God's justice and majesty. Elihu's speeches are intended to defend God's righteousness and challenge Job's understanding.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A righteous man who suffers immense trials and questions God's justice. The book of Job explores themes of suffering, divine justice, and human understanding.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_pavilion.htm">God's Pavilion</a></b><br>A metaphorical reference to the heavens or the sky, symbolizing God's dwelling place and His sovereign control over creation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_creation.htm">God's Sovereignty in Creation</a></b><br>Elihu emphasizes that God's control over the natural world is beyond human understanding. This reminds us to trust in God's sovereignty, even when we cannot comprehend His ways.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_mystery_of_god's_ways.htm">The Mystery of God's Ways</a></b><br>The rhetorical question posed by Elihu highlights the mystery of God's actions. As believers, we are called to acknowledge our limitations and trust in God's perfect wisdom.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_before_god.htm">Humility Before God</a></b><br>Recognizing the vastness of God's creation should lead us to humility. We are reminded that our understanding is limited, and we must approach God with reverence and awe.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_power_and_majesty.htm">God's Power and Majesty</a></b><br>The imagery of clouds and thunder serves as a reminder of God's power and majesty. This should inspire worship and a deeper appreciation for God's creation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_justice.htm">Trust in God's Justice</a></b><br>Elihu's speech encourages us to trust in God's justice, even when circumstances seem unjust. God's ways are higher than ours, and His justice is perfect.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_36.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 36</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_reveal_himself_in_the_bible.htm">If faith is required for salvation, why does the Bible contain so many stories where God reveals Himself directly?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_thunder_god's_voice,_not_nature.htm">In Job 37:3-5, how can thunder and lightning be described as God's direct voice when science explains them as natural phenomena?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_tell_divine_justice_from_chance.htm">Job 34:29 - If God can remain silent, how can we reliably distinguish divine justice from random events or coincidences?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_job_36_27-28_scientifically_accurate.htm">In Job 36:27-28, which describes God's hand in the water cycle, are there scientific inconsistencies in attributing weather events solely to divine intervention?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/36.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(29) <span class= "bld">The spreading of the clouds</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e.</span>, how the clouds are spread over the heavens, and heaped up one upon the other like mountains in the skies when the storm gathers.<p><span class= "bld">Or the noise of His tabernacle?</span>--Or the thunderings of His pavilion (<a href="/psalms/18-12.htm" title="At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.">Psalm 18:12</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/36.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 29.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds?</span> The rapid generation of clouds, their gathering together, seemingly, from all quarters, and the way they almost suddenly overspread the heavens (<a href="/1_kings/18-45.htm">1 Kings 18:45</a>). are among the most remarkable phenomena of nature, and are very difficult to "understand" and account for. <span class="cmt_word">Or the noise of his tabernacle</span>. The awful crash of the thunder, which echoes along the sky - God's "tabernacle," or pavilion (<a href="/psalms/18-11.htm">Psalm 18:11</a>) - is, if not as inexplicable, even more fearful and astounding. Man shrinks and quails before the terrible sound, and feels himself in the presence of a mighty and inscrutable power. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/36-29.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Furthermore,</span><br /><span class="heb">אַ֣ף</span> <span class="translit">(’ap̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_637.htm">Strong's 637: </a> </span><span class="str2">Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who can understand</span><br /><span class="heb">יָ֭בִין</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḇîn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_995.htm">Strong's 995: </a> </span><span class="str2">To separate mentally, understand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">how the clouds</span><br /><span class="heb">עָ֑ב</span> <span class="translit">(‘āḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5645.htm">Strong's 5645: </a> </span><span class="str2">An envelope, darkness, a, cloud, a copse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">spread out,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִפְרְשֵׂי־</span> <span class="translit">(mip̄·rə·śê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4666.htm">Strong's 4666: </a> </span><span class="str2">A spreading out, something spread</span><br /><br /><span class="word">how the thunder roars</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּ֝שֻׁא֗וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(tə·šu·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8663.htm">Strong's 8663: </a> </span><span class="str2">A crashing, loud clamor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from His pavilion?</span><br /><span class="heb">סֻכָּתֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(suk·kā·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5521.htm">Strong's 5521: </a> </span><span class="str2">A thicket, booth</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/36-29.htm">Job 36:29 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/36-29.htm">Job 36:29 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/36-29.htm">Job 36:29 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/36-29.htm">Job 36:29 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/36-29.htm">Job 36:29 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/36-29.htm">Job 36:29 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/36-29.htm">Job 36:29 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/36-29.htm">Job 36:29 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/36-29.htm">Job 36:29 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/36-29.htm">Job 36:29 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/36-29.htm">OT Poetry: Job 36:29 Yes can any understand the spreading (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/36-28.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 36:28"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 36:28" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/36-30.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 36:30"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 36:30" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>