Parallel Verses
King James Version
And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
New American Standard Bible
But the wind has passed and cleared them.
Holman Bible
when it is in the skies,
after a wind has swept through and cleared them away.
International Standard Version
"So then, the sun is too bright to gaze at, is it not? The sky is swept clean by the wind that blows, is it not?
A Conservative Version
And now men do not see the light which is bright in the skies, but the wind passes, and clears them.
American Standard Version
And now men see not the light which is bright in the skies; But the wind passeth, and cleareth them.
Amplified
“Now people cannot look at the light when it is bright in the skies [without being blinded],
When the wind has passed and cleared them.
Bible in Basic English
And now the light is not seen, for it is dark because of the clouds; but a wind comes, clearing them away.
Darby Translation
And now men see not the light as it gleameth, it is hidden in the skies. But the wind passeth by and cleareth them.
Julia Smith Translation
And now they saw not the bright light that is in the clouds: and the wind passed over and it will cleanse them.
King James 2000
And now men can not look on the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passes, and clears them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So then, they do not look at the light [when it is] bright in the skies, when [the] wind has passed and has cleansed them.
Modern King James verseion
And now men cannot look upon the light; it is in the clouds; but the wind passes and clears them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"For every man seeth not the light, that he keepeth clear in the clouds, which he cleanseth when he maketh the wind to blow.
NET Bible
But now, the sun cannot be looked at -- it is bright in the skies -- after a wind passed and swept the clouds away.
New Heart English Bible
Now men do not see the light which is bright in the skies, but the wind passes, and clears them.
The Emphasized Bible
Yet, now, men see not the light, bright though it is in the skies, when, a wind, hath passed over, and cleansed them.
Webster
And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
World English Bible
Now men don't see the light which is bright in the skies, but the wind passes, and clears them.
Youngs Literal Translation
And now, they have not seen the light, Bright it is in the clouds, And the wind hath passed by and cleanseth them.
Interlinear
Ra'ah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 37:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Extols God's Majesty
20 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up. 21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them. 22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 26:9
He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
Job 36:32
With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
Job 38:25
Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;