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Job 37:4

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “After it, a voice roars; He thunders with His majestic voice, And He does not restrain the lightnings when His voice is heard.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— After it a voice roareth; he thundereth with the voice of his majesty: and he stayeth them not when his voice is heard.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— After it a voice roareth; He thundereth with the voice of his majesty; And he restraineth not [the lightnings] when his voice is heard.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellence; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency, and holdeth not back the flashes when his voice is heard.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— After it, roareth a voice, He thundereth with his voice of majesty, Nor will he hold them back, when his voice is heard.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— 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.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— After it a noise shall roar, he shall thunder with the voice of his majesty, and shall not be found out, when his voice shall be heard.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— After it a noyse soundeth: hee thundereth with the voyce of his maiestie, and hee will not stay them when his voyce is heard.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— After it a voyce roareth: he thundreth with the voice of his excellencie, and hee will not stay them when his voice is heard.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— In his own place, he thunders with the voice of his excellency; and he will not need to search them out when his voice is heard.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— After him shall be a cry with a [loud] voice; he shall thunder with the voice of his excellency, yet he shall not cause men to pass away, for one shall hear his voice.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
After 310
{0310} Prime
אַחַר
'achar
{akh-ar'}
From H0309; properly the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjugation, after (in various senses).
it a voice 6963
{6963} Prime
קוֹל
qowl
{kole}
From an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.
roareth: 7580
{7580} Prime
שָׁאַג
sha'ag
{shaw-ag'}
A primitive root; to rumble or moan.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
he thundereth 7481
{7481} Prime
רָעַם
ra`am
{raw-am'}
A primitive root; to tumble, that is, be violently agitated; specifically to crash (of thunder); figuratively to irritate (with anger).
z8686
<8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046
with the voice 6963
{6963} Prime
קוֹל
qowl
{kole}
From an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.
of his excellency; 1347
{1347} Prime
גָּאוֹן
ga'own
{gaw-ohn'}
From H1342; the same as H1346.
and he will not x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
stay 6117
{6117} Prime
עָקַב
`aqab
{aw-kab'}
A primitive root; properly to swell out or up; used only as denominative from H6119, to seize by the heel; figuratively to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel).
z8762
<8762> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 2447
them when x3588
(3588) Complement
כִּי
kiy
{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
his voice 6963
{6963} Prime
קוֹל
qowl
{kole}
From an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.
is heard. 8085
{8085} Prime
שָׁמַע
shama`
{shaw-mah'}
A primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively to tell, etc.).
z8735
<8735> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 1602
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Job 37:4

_ _ The thunderclap follows at an interval after the flash.

_ _ stay them — He will not hold back the lightnings (Job 37:3), when the thunder is heard [Maurer]. Rather, take “them” as the usual concomitants of thunder, namely, rain and hail [Umbreit] (Job 40:9).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Job 37:1-5.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 37:4

After — After the lightning, which is seen before the thunder is hard. Them — The lightnings spoken of in the beginning of the verse.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Job 37:4

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

(c) Meaning, the rains and thunders.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
a voice:

Psalms 29:3-9 The voice of the LORD [is] upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD [is] upon many waters. ... The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of [his] glory.
Psalms 68:33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, [which were] of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, [and that] a mighty voice.

the voice:

Exodus 15:7-8 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, [which] consumed them as stubble. ... And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, [and] the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Deuteronomy 33:26 [There is] none like unto the God of Jeshurun, [who] rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.

he will:

Job 36:27-33 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: ... The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.
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Ex 15:7. Dt 33:26. Jb 36:27. Ps 29:3; 68:33.

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