# Job 37 📖: Elihu on God's Majesty in Creation
[[📚 Explore the Bible Books]]
[[-Job Overview]] | [[Job 36]] | [[Job 38]]
> [!info] Table of Contents
> [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]]
> [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]]
> [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]]
> [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]]
> [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]]
> [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]]
> [[#💬 Discussion Questions]]
> [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]]
> [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]]
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]]
> [[#📂 Internal Notes]]
## 📜 Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
[[#Verse 01.]] At this also my heart pounds
and leaps from its place.
[[#Verse 02.]] Listen carefully to the thunder of his voice,
to the rumbling that proceeds from his mouth.
[[#Verse 03.]] Under the whole heaven he lets it go,
even his lightning to the far corners of the earth.
[[#Verse 04.]] After that a voice roars;
he thunders with an exalted voice,
and he does not hold back his lightning bolts
when his voice is heard.
[[#Verse 05.]] God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways;
he does great things beyond our understanding.
[[#Verse 06.]] For to the snow he says, ‘Fall to earth,’
and to the torrential rains, ‘Pour down.’
[[#Verse 07.]] He causes everyone to stop working,
so that all people may know his work.
[[#Verse 08.]] The wild animals go to their lairs,
and in their dens they remain.
[[#Verse 19.]] A tempest blows out from its chamber, icy cold from the driving winds.
[[#Verse 10.]] The breath of God produces ice,
and the breadth of the waters freeze solid.
[[#Verse 11.]] He loads the clouds with moisture;
he scatters his lightning through the clouds.
[[#Verse 12.]] The clouds go round in circles,
wheeling about according to his plans,
to carry out all that he commands them
over the face of the whole inhabited world.
[[#Verse 13.]] Whether it is for punishment, or for his land, or for mercy, he causes it to find its mark.
[[#Verse 14.]] “Pay attention to this, Job!
Stand still and consider the wonders God works.
[[#Verse 15.]] Do you know how God commands them,
how he makes lightning flash in his storm cloud?
[[#Verse 16.]] Do you know about the balancing of the clouds,
that wondrous activity of him who is perfect in knowledge?
[[#Verse 17.]] You, whose garments are hot
when the earth is still because of the south wind,
[[#Verse 18.]] will you, with him, spread out the clouds,
solid as a mirror of molten metal?
[[#Verse 19.]] Tell us what we should say to him.
We cannot prepare a case
because of the darkness.
[[#Verse 20.]] Should he be informed that I want to speak?
If a man speaks, surely he will be swallowed up!
[[#Verse 21.]] But now, the sun cannot be looked at—
it is bright in the skies—
after a wind passed and swept the clouds away.
[[#Verse 22.]] From the north he comes in golden splendor;
around God is awesome majesty.
[[#Verse 23.]] As for the Almighty, we cannot attain to him!
He is great in power,
but justice and abundant righteousness he does not oppress.
[[#Verse 24.]] Therefore people fear him,
for he does not regard all the wise in heart.”
## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary
###### Overall.
###### Verse 01.
###### Verse 02.
###### Verse 03.
###### Verse 04.
###### Verse 05.
###### Verse 06.
###### Verse 07.
###### Verse 08.
###### Verse 09.
###### Verse 10.
###### Verse 11.
###### Verse 12.
###### Verse 13.
###### Verse 14.
###### Verse 15.
###### Verse 16.
###### Verse 17.
###### Verse 18.
###### Verse 19.
###### Verse 20.
###### Verse 21.
###### Verse 22.
###### Verse 23.
###### Verse 24.
## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights
1. Elihu describes God's voice as thunder (37:2-5), much like Psalm 29.
2. God's command of snow and rain causes farmers to stop their work (37:6-7), so all people know His work.
3. Animals go into their dens during winter storms (37:8).
4. In 37:13, one of the reasons God sends clouds is *chesed*, His loyal love or mercy.
5. Elihu uses Job's name in 37:14, as he did in 33:1.
6. Elihu calls God perfect in knowledge (37:16), the same phrase he used of himself in 36:4.
7. The south wind brings hot weather (37:17). Jesus mentions the same pattern in Luke 12:55.
8. Ancient mirrors were made of polished bronze, not glass (37:18; 1 Corinthians 13:12).
9. The golden splendor coming from the north (37:22) may refer to bright light in the sky, and interpreters differ on its exact meaning.
10. This is Elihu's final speech. Immediately after it, the Lord answers Job out of the whirlwind (38:1).
## 🧠 Chapter Summary
> [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way.
## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter
Christ is the Word through whom God thunders and also speaks peace. The voice that commands snow and storm (37:5-6) belongs to the Son, who stilled the storm with a word (Mark 4:39), and through whom God has spoken to us in these last days (Hebrews 1:1-2).
## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application
> [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way.
## 💬 Discussion Questions
1. Elihu says Job should stop and consider God's wonders (37:14). When was the last time creation made you stop and worship?
2. God uses the weather for correction, for the land, or for mercy (37:13). How does it change your view of ordinary things to know God directs them?
3. God is beyond our reach, yet He does not oppress (37:23). How do God's greatness and His goodness fit together?
## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember
- 📖 verse 5: God thunders with His voice and does great things beyond our understanding.
- 📖 verse 14: Stop and consider the wonders of God.
- 📖 verse 23: The Almighty is beyond reach, great in power and justice, and He does not oppress.
## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference
- 🔗 [[Psalm 29#Verse 03.|Psalm 29:3-9]] - The voice of the Lord thunders over the waters.
- 🔗 [[Mark 04#Verse 39.|Mark 4:39-41]] - Jesus calms the wind and the sea.
- 🔗 [[Hebrews 01#Verse 01.|Hebrews 1:1-2]] - God has spoken to us by His Son.
- 🔗 [[Psalm 147#Verse 15.|Psalm 147:15-18]] - God sends snow, frost, and hail.
- 🔗 [[Psalm 19#Verse 01.|Psalm 19:1]] - The heavens declare the glory of God.
## 🙏 Devotional Reflection
📝 SOAP: [[Job 37 - SOAP|God Is So Forgiving]]
## 📂 Internal Notes