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Job 36:32

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36:32With his hands51 he covers52 the lightning,

and directs it against its target.

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Footnotes

  1. 51 R. Gordis (Job, 422) prefers to link this word with the later Hebrew word for “arch,” not “hands.”
  2. 52 Because the image might mean that God grabs the lightning and hurls it like a javelin (cf. ), some commentators want to change “covers” to other verbs. Dhorme has “lifts” (נִשָּׂא [nissa’] for כִּסָּה [kissah]). This fit the idea of God directing the lightning bolts.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He covers his hands with the lightning

and commands it to strike the mark.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He fills his hands with lightning

and commands it to strike its mark.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He covers his hands with lightning

and commands it to hit its mark.

NLTNew Living Translation

He fills his hands with lightning bolts

and hurls each at its target.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He covers his hands with lightning,

and he commands it the place at which to strike.

KJV 1900King James Version

With clouds he covereth the light;

And commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.