Job 38 · Verse 35

Job 38:35

Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
Job 38:35, King James Version

Job 38:35 in other translations

BSBCan you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
WEBCan you send out lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
ASVCanst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?
YLTDost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, ‘Behold us?'
DARBYDost thou send forth lightnings that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
BBEDo you send out the thunder-flames, so that they may go, and say to you, Here we are?
WebsterCanst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say to thee, Here we are?

What does Job 38:35 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 38:19-38

19-38. The marvels in heaven. "What is the way (to the place wherein) light dwelleth?" The origin of light and darkness. In Ge 1:3-5, 14-18, "light" is created distinct from, and previous to, light-emitting bodies, the luminaries of heaven.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 35 Canst thou send lightnings - We have already seen that the lightning is supposed to be immediately in the hand and under the management of God. The great god of the heathen, Jupiter Brontes, is represented with the forked lightnings and thunderbolt in his hand. He seems so to grasp the bickering flame that, though it struggles for liberty, it cannot escape from his hold. Lightnings - How much like the sound of thunder is the original word: ברכים Berakim! Here are both sense and sound. Here we are? - Will the winged lightnings be thy messengers, as they are mine?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 38:25-41

Hitherto God had put questions to Job to show him his ignorance; now God shows his weakness. As it is but little that he knows, he ought not to arraign the Divine counsels; it is but little he can do, therefore he ought not to oppose the ways of Providence. See the all-sufficiency of the Divine Providence; it has wherewithal to satisfy the desire of every living thing. And he that takes care of the young ravens…

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Job 38:35 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.

הַֽתְשַׁלַּ֣חhat.sha.Lach¿ will you send forthH7971
בְּרָקִ֣יםbe.ra.Kimlightning<s>H1300
וְיֵלֵ֑כוּve.ye.Le.khuso they may goH1980
וְיֹאמְר֖וּve.yo.me.Ruand they may sayH559
לְךָ֣le.Khato you
הִנֵּֽנוּ\׃hi.Ne.nuhere [are] weH2005

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 38:35

  • Job 36:32

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

  • Job 37:3

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

  • 2 Kings 1:14

    Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.

  • Revelation 11:5-6

    And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

  • Numbers 16:35

    And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.

  • Numbers 11:1

    And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.

  • Isaiah 6:8

    Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

  • Leviticus 10:2

    And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.

  • Exodus 9:29

    And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the Lord’s.

  • 2 Kings 1:10

    And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

  • Isaiah 65:1

    I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.

  • 1 Samuel 22:12

    And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Canst.
Ex 9:23-25,29; Le 10:2; Nu 11:1; 16:35; 2Ki 1:10,14; Re 11:5,6
Here we are. Heb. Behold us.
1Sa 22:12; Isa 6:8; *marg:
65:1

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Context

  • Job 38:34

    Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

  • Job 38:35

    Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

  • Job 38:36

    Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

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Job 38:35 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿Enviarás tú los relámpagos, para que ellos vayan? ¿y diránte ellos: Henos aquí?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		As-tu lancé la foudre, en sorte qu’elle soit allée et t’ait dit: Me voici?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Kannst du Blitze entsenden, daß sie hinfahren, daß sie zu dir sagen: Hier sind wir? -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Numquid mittes fulgura, et ibunt, et revertentia dicent tibi: Adsumus?