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Job 37:21

Job 37:21
And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds,.... Here Elihu returns to his subject, it may be, occasioned by black clouds gathering in the heavens, as a preparation for the whirlwind,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds - Either the lightning that plays on the clouds in an approaching tempest, or a glorious light spread over the sky on the approach of God.…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

And now men see not the bright light - Mr. Good gives the sense clearer: -

"Even now we cannot look at the light

When it is resplendent in the heavens.

And a wind from the north hath passed along and…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 37:21-24

Elihu here concludes his discourse with some short but great sayings concerning the glory of God, as that which he was himself impressed, and desired to impress others, with a holy awe of. He speaks…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The natural meaning of this verse is,

And now men cannot look upon the light,

When it is bright in the skies,

And the wind hath passed and cleansed them.

The "light," here the sunlight, is too…

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