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He covers his hands with the lightning, And commands it to strike the mark.
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Hands, Not Clouds
Multiple commentators, including Albert Barnes and Charles Ellicott, point out that a more accurate translation of the Hebrew is that God covers His 'hands' with lightning, not that He covers the light with 'clouds' as in the KJV. The image is of God personally holding and wielding lightning like a weapon.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
With clouds he covereth the light - The Hebrew here is על־כפים, ‛ al - kaphiym—“upon his hands.” Jero…
19th Century
Anglican
With clouds. —The word here rendered “clouds” really means hands, and there seems to be no good reason why it should be o…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
With clouds he covereth the light Either the lightning, which is hid and covered in the black dark cloud until it bu…
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Elihu endeavours to fill Job with high thought of God, and so to persuade him into cheerful submission to His providence. Man may see God's works a…
13th Century
Catholic
After Elihu rejected Job’s claim to be just, he now rejects Job's words because he believed Job had spoken against the justice of God's judgment. F…
