Job 37 · Verse 2

Job 37:2

Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.
Job 37:2, King James Version

Job 37:2 in other translations

BSBListen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
WEBHear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, the sound that goes out of his mouth.
ASVHear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, And the sound that goeth out of his mouth.
YLTHearken diligently to the trembling of His voice, Yea, the sound from His mouth goeth forth.
DARBYHear attentively the roar of his voice, and the murmur going forth from his mouth.
BBEGive ear to the rolling noise of his voice; to the hollow sound which goes out of his mouth.
WebsterHear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.

What does Job 37:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. Hear attentively--the thunder (noise), &c., and then you will feel that there is good reason to tremble. sound--muttering of the thunder.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Hear attentively - "Hear with hearing." The words seem to intimate that there was actually at that time a violent storm of thunder and lightning, and that the successive peals were now breaking over the house, and the lightning flashing before their eyes. The storm continued till Elihu had finished, and out of that storm the Almighty spoke. See the beginning of the succeeding chapter, Job 38 (note). The noise of his voice - The sudden clap. And the sound that goeth out - The peal or continued rattling, pounding, and thumping, to the end of the peal. The whole is represented as the voice of God himself, and the thunder is immediately issuing from his mouth.

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 37:2 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.

שִׁמְע֤וּshim.'UlistenH8085
שָׁמ֣וֹעַsha.Mo.a'completely <to listen>H8085
בְּרֹ֣גֶזbe.Ro.gezto [the] raging ofH7267
קֹל֑וֹko.Lovoice hisH6963
וְ֝הֶ֗גֶהve.He.gehand [the] rumblingH1899
מִפִּ֥יוmi.Piv[which] from mouth hisH6310
יֵצֵֽא\׃ye.Tze'it comes outH3318

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Cross references for Job 37:2

  • Job 37:5

    God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

  • Job 36:33

    The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.

  • Psalms 29:3-9

    The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. …

  • Psalms 104:7

    At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.

  • Job 38:1

    Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

  • Exodus 19:16-19

    And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.

  • Job 36:29

    Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Hear attentively. Heb. Hear in hearing. the noise.
5; 36:29,33; 38:1; Ex 19:16-19; Ps 104:7

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

Context

  • Job 37:1

    At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.

  • Job 37:2

    Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.

  • Job 37:3

    He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.

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Job 37:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Oid atentamente su voz terrible, y el sonido que sale de su boca.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Écoutez donc le bruit éclatant de sa voix et le grondement qui sort de sa bouche!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Höret, höret das Getöse seiner Stimme und das Gemurmel, das aus seinem Munde hervorgeht!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Audite auditionem in terrore vocis ejus, et sonum de ore illius procedentem.