Job 37 · Verse 11

Job 37:11

Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
Job 37:11, King James Version

Job 37:11 in other translations

BSBHe loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.
WEBYes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.
ASVYea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning:
YLTYea, by filling He doth press out a cloud, Scatter a cloud doth His light.
DARBYAlso with plentiful moisture he loadeth the thick clouds, his light dispels the cloud;
BBEThe thick cloud is weighted with thunder-flame, and the cloud sends out its light;
WebsterAlso by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

What does Job 37:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 37:11-13
11-13. How the thunderclouds are dispersed, or else employed by God, either for correction or mercy. by watering--by loading it with water. wearieth--burdeneth it, so that it falls in rain; thus "wearieth" answers to the parallel "scattereth" (compare, see on Job 37:9); a clear sky resulting alike from both. bright cloud--literally, "cloud of his light," that is, of His lightning. Umbreit for "watering," &c., translates; "Brightness drives away the clouds, His light scattereth the thick clouds"; the parallelism is thus good, but the Hebrew hardly sanctions it.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 By watering he wearieth the thick cloud - Perhaps it would be better to say, The brightness ברי beri, dissipates the cloud; or, if we follow our version, By watering the earth he wearieth, wearieth out or emptieth, the thick cloud - causes it to pour down all its contents upon the earth, that they may cause it to bring forth and bud. The Vulgate understood it differently: Frumentum desiderat nubes, et nubes spargunt lumen suum. "The grain desireth the clouds; and the clouds scatter abroad their light."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 37:1-13

The changes of the weather are the subject of a great deal of our thoughts and common talk; but how seldom do we think and speak of these things, as Elihu, with a regard to God, the director of them! We must notice the glory of God, not only in the thunder and lightning, but in the more common and less awful changes of the weather; as the snow and rain. Nature directs all creatures to shelter themselves from a…

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Job 37:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אַף\־'af-alsoH637
בְּ֭רִיBe.riwith moistureH7377
יַטְרִ֣יחַyat.Ri.achhe burdensH2959
עָ֑ב'Av[the] dark cloud[s]H5645
יָ֝פִ֗יץya.Fitzhe scattersH6327
עֲנַ֣ן'a.Nan[the] cloud ofH6051
אוֹרֽוֹ\׃'o.Rolight hisH216

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Cross references for Job 37:11

  • Job 36:27-30

    For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly. Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle? Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

  • Matthew 17:5

    While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

  • Isaiah 18:4

    For so the Lord said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

  • Job 36:32

    With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he wearieth.
36:27,28
he scattereth.
36:30,32; Isa 18:4; Mt 17:5
his bright cloud. Heb. the cloud of his light.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 37:10

    By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

  • Job 37:11

    Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

  • Job 37:12

    And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.

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Job 37:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Regando también llega á disipar la densa nube, y con su luz esparce la niebla.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il charge d’eau le nuage; sa lumière dissipe les nuées;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Auch beladet er mit Wasserfülle das Gewölk, breitet weithin aus seine Blitzwolken.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Frumentum desiderat nubes, et nubes spargunt lumen suum.