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Job 36

Job 36:32 KJV (With Strong’s)

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With clouds
kaph (Hebrew #3709)
the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
KJV usage: branch, + foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.
Pronounce: kaf
Origin: from 3721
he covereth
kacah (Hebrew #3680)
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
KJV usage: clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare 3780.
Pronounce: kaw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
the light
'owr (Hebrew #216)
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
KJV usage: bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: from 215
; and commandeth
tsavah (Hebrew #6680)
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
KJV usage: appoint, (for-)bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
Pronounce: tsaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt
paga` (Hebrew #6293)
to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunity
KJV usage: come (betwixt), cause to entreat, fall (upon), make intercession, intercessor, intreat, lay, light (upon), meet (together), pray, reach, run.
Pronounce: paw-gah'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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Perhaps these difficult verses should be rendered, "He covereth the concave with lightning, and chargeth it what it shall strike.
Its noise declareth concerning him; a magazine of wrath against iniquity."
Job 26:9• 9He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. (Job 26:9)
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Ex. 10:21‑23• 21And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
 22And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
 23They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. (Ex. 10:21‑23)
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Psa. 18:11• 11He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. (Psa. 18:11)
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Psa. 135:7• 7He causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries. (Psa. 135:7)
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Psa. 147:8‑9• 8Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
 9He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. (Psa. 147:8‑9)
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Psa. 148:8• 8Fire, and hail; snow, and vapor; stormy wind fulfilling his word: (Psa. 148:8)
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Acts 27:20• 20And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away. (Acts 27:20)

J. N. Darby Translation

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His hands he covereth with lightningm, and commandeth it where it is to striken.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "light," as ch. 37.11.
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Or "dischargeth it against the foe."