Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds
Or the thundering of His pavilion?
New American Standard Bible
The
King James Version
Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
Holman Bible
or how the thunder roars from God’s pavilion?
International Standard Version
"Furthermore, can anyone understand cloud patterns, or the thundering in his pavilion?
A Conservative Version
Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?
American Standard Version
Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?
Bible in Basic English
And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent?
Darby Translation
But can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the crashing of his pavilion?
Julia Smith Translation
Also if he shall understand the spreadings of the cloud, the noise of his booth.
King James 2000
Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the thunder of his tabernacle?
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Moreover, {can anyone understand} [the] spreading of clouds, [the] thundering of his dwelling place?
Modern King James verseion
Also can any understand the spreading of the clouds, or the crashing of His canopy?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He can spread out the clouds - a covering of his tabernacle -
NET Bible
Who can understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?
New Heart English Bible
Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, and the thunderings of his pavilion?
The Emphasized Bible
But surely none can understand the burstings of the cloud, the crashing of his pavilion!
Webster
Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
World English Bible
Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, and the thunderings of his pavilion?
Youngs Literal Translation
Yea, doth any understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle?
Interlinear
Biyn
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 36:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Extols God's Greatness
28
Which the clouds pour down,
They drop abundantly upon mankind.”
“Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds
Or the thundering of His pavilion?
“Behold, He spreads His lightning around Him [against the dark clouds],
And He covers the depths of the sea.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 37:16
“Do you know about the layers of thick clouds [and how they are balanced and poised in the heavens],
The wonderful works of Him who is perfect in knowledge,
1 Kings 18:44-45
And at the seventh time the servant said, “A cloud as small as a man’s hand is coming up from the sea.” And Elijah said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down, so that the rain shower does not stop you.’”
Job 26:14
“Yet these are just the fringes of His ways [mere samples of His power],
The faintest whisper of His voice!
Who can contemplate the thunder of His [full] mighty power?”
Job 37:2-5
“Listen carefully to the thunder of His voice,
And the rumbling that goes out of His mouth!
Job 38:9
When I made the clouds its garment
And thick darkness its swaddling band,
Job 38:37
“Who can count the clouds by [earthly] wisdom,
Or pour out the water jars of the heavens,
Psalm 18:13
The Lord also thundered in the heavens,
And the Most High uttered His voice,
Hailstones and coals of fire.
Psalm 29:3-10
The voice of the Lord is upon the waters;
The God of glory thunders;
The Lord is over many waters.
Psalm 77:16-19
The waters [of the Red Sea] saw You, O God;
The waters saw You, they were in anguish;
The deeps also trembled.
Psalm 104:3
Who lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters [above the firmament],
Who makes the clouds His chariot,
Who walks on the wings of the wind,
Psalm 104:7
At Your rebuke they fled;
At the sound of Your thunder they hurried away.
Nahum 1:3
The Lord is slow to anger and great in power
And He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.
The Lord has His way in the whirlwind and in the storm,
And the clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
Habakkuk 3:10
The mountains saw You and [they] trembled and writhed [as if in pain];
The downpour of waters swept by [as a deluge].
The deep uttered its voice and raged,
It lifted its hands high.