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Job 37:15

Job 37:15
Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Dost thou know when God disposed them?.... The clouds, that part of the wondrous works of God he was speaking of; when he decreed concerning them that they should be, when he put into them and stored…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Dost thou know when God disposed them? - That is, the winds, the clouds, the cold, the snow, the sky, etc. The question refers to the manner in which God arranges and governs them, rather than to the…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Dost thou know when God disposed them - Dost thou know the laws by which they are governed; and the causes which produce such and such phenomena?

And caused the light of his cloud to shine? - Almost…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 37:14-20

Elihu here addresses himself closely to Job, desiring him to apply what he had hitherto said to himself. He begs that he would hearken to this discourse (Job 37:14), that he would pause awhile: Stand…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

when God disposed them Rather, how God layeth his command upon them, and causeth, &c.?

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