Job 37:21
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37:21But now, the sun26 cannot be looked at27—
it is bright in the skies—
after a wind passed and swept the clouds away.28
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- 26 The light here must refer to the sun in the skies that had been veiled by the storm. Then, when the winds blew the clouds away, it could not be looked at because it was so dazzling. Elihu’s analogy will be that God is the same—in his glory one cannot look at him or challenge him.
- 27 The verb has an indefinite subject, and so should be a passive here.
- 28 Heb “and cleaned them.” The referent is the clouds (v. 18), which has been supplied in the translation for clarity. There is another way of reading this verse: the word translated “bright” means “dark; obscured” in . In this interpretation the first line would mean that they could not see the sun, because it was darkened by the clouds, but then the wind came and blew the clouds away. Dhorme, Gray, and several others take it this way, as does the .
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
“And now no one looks on the light
when it is bright in the skies,
when the wind has passed and cleared them.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Now no one can look at the sun,
bright as it is in the skies
after the wind has swept them clean.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Now no one can even look at the sun
when it is in the skies,
after a wind has swept through and cleared the sky.
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NLTNew Living Translation
We cannot look at the sun,
for it shines brightly in the sky
when the wind clears away the clouds.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
So then, they do not look at the light when it is bright in the skies,
when the wind has passed and has cleansed them.
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KJV 1900King James Version
And now men see not the bright light
Which is in the clouds:
But the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
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