Elihu Extols God’s Majesty

• and it leaps from its place.
• 2 Listen carefully to his voice’s thunder and the rumbling that goes out from his mouth.
• 3 He lets it loose under all the heavens, and his lightning to the earth’s corners.
• 4 After it, his voice roars; it thunders with his majestic voice ,[fn]
• and he does not restrain it when his voice is heard.
• 5 “God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways; he does great things, and we cannot comprehend.
• 6 For to the snow he says, ‘Fall on the earth’; and the shower of rain, his heavy shower of rain[fn]—
• 7 he stops all human beings from working[fn] so that everyone whom he has made may know it .[fn]
• 8 Then[fn] the animal goes into its den, and it remains in its den.
• 9 “ The storm wind comes from its chamber and cold from the north wind.
• 10 By God’s breath, ice is given, and the broad waters are frozen.
• 11 Also, he loads down thick clouds with moisture; his lightning scatters the clouds.
• 12 And they[fn] turn around by his guidance to accomplish all that he has commanded them
• on the face of the habitable world .[fn]
• 13 Whether as correction[fn] or for his land, or as loyal love, he lets it happen.
• 14 “Hear this, Job; stand still and consider carefully God’s wondrous works.
• 15 Do you know how God commands them[fn] and how he causes his cloud’s lightning to shine?
• 16 Do you know about the hovering of the clouds, the marvelous works of the one with perfect knowledge ?[fn]
• 17 You whose garments are hot, when the earth is being still because of the south wind,
• 18 with him can you spread out the skies, hard as a molten mirror?
• 19 “Teach us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of the presence of darkness.
• 20 Should he be told that I want to speak? Or did a man say that he would be communicated with?
• 21 So then, they do not look at the light when it is bright in the skies, when[fn] the wind has passed and has cleansed them.
• 22 From the north comes gold— awesome majesty is around God.
• 23 As for Shaddai, we cannot attain him; he is exalted in power,
• and he does not oppress justice and abundant righteousness.
• 24 Therefore people revered him; he does not regard any[fn] who think that they are wise .”[fn]