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37 At this also my heart pounds
and leaps from its place.
Listen carefully[a] to the thunder of his voice,
to the rumbling[b] that proceeds from his mouth.
Under the whole heaven he lets it go,
even his lightning to the far corners[c] of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 37:2 tn The imperative is followed by the infinitive absolute from the same root to express the intensity of the verb.
  2. Job 37:2 tn The word is the usual word for “to meditate; to murmur; to groan”; here it refers to the low building of the thunder as it rumbles in the sky. The thunder is the voice of God (see Ps 29).
  3. Job 37:3 tn Heb “wings,” and then figuratively for the extremities of garments, of land, etc.

37 “At this my heart pounds(A)
    and leaps from its place.
Listen!(B) Listen to the roar of his voice,(C)
    to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.(D)
He unleashes his lightning(E) beneath the whole heaven
    and sends it to the ends of the earth.(F)

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