The Meaning of Job 37:4 Explained

Job 37:4

KJV: After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.

YLT: After it roar doth a voice -- He thundereth with the voice of His excellency, And He doth not hold them back, When His voice is heard.

Darby: After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency, and holdeth not back the flashes when his voice is heard.

ASV: After it a voice roareth; He thundereth with the voice of his majesty; And he restraineth not the lightnings when his voice is heard.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

After  it a voice  roareth:  he thundereth  with the voice  of his excellency;  and he will not stay  them when his voice  is heard. 

What does Job 37:4 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 37:1-24 - The Light In The Clouds
As Elihu spoke a thunder-storm was gathering, and much of the imagery of this chapter is suggested by that fact. The little group listened to the sound of God's voice in the thunder. Peal followed peal without cessation, Job 37:4. The lightly-falling snow and the drenching showers are alike His work, whether they restrain men from their labor in the fields or drive the beasts to their dens, Job 37:8. From the storm Elihu turns naturally to the winter, with its ice and snow, and the frost that binds up the flow of the streams, Job 37:10. All these perform God's bidding in the earth.
How little we know of atmospheric phenomena! Why the north and south winds blow, what is the real nature of the azure, and what the red and gold of the northern lights! We cannot find out the Almighty. He is great and glorious, and cannot be unjust. But let us be more eager to look for the bright light in the clouds. It is always there. A rainbow for every storm; an arbor for every difficult hill; a sure hiding-place in every tempest. Such is Jesus to all who love and trust Him. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 37

1  God is to be feared because of his great works
15  His wisdom is unsearchable in them

What do the individual words in Job 37:4 mean?

after it roars a voice He thunders with voice His majestic and not He does restrain them when is heard His voice
אַחֲרָ֤יו ׀ יִשְׁאַג־ ק֗וֹל יַ֭רְעֵם בְּק֣וֹל גְּאוֹנ֑וֹ וְלֹ֥א יְ֝עַקְּבֵ֗ם כִּֽי־ יִשָּׁמַ֥ע קוֹלֽוֹ

אַחֲרָ֤יו ׀  after  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: אַחַר 
Sense: after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time).
יִשְׁאַג־  roars 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁאַג  
Sense: (Qal) to roar.
ק֗וֹל  a  voice 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹול 
Sense: voice, sound, noise.
יַ֭רְעֵם  He  thunders 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect Jussive, third person masculine singular
Root: רָעַם 
Sense: to thunder.
בְּק֣וֹל  with  voice 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קֹול 
Sense: voice, sound, noise.
גְּאוֹנ֑וֹ  His  majestic 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: גָּאֹון  
Sense: exaltation, majesty, pride.
וְלֹ֥א  and  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יְ֝עַקְּבֵ֗ם  He  does  restrain  them 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine plural
Root: עָקַב  
Sense: to supplant, circumvent, take by the heel, follow at the heel, assail insidiously, overreach.
יִשָּׁמַ֥ע  is  heard 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
קוֹלֽוֹ  His  voice 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: קֹול 
Sense: voice, sound, noise.

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