Holy Scripture

Job 36:28

A church father on this verse
“Which flow from the clouds. Which cover all things above. For these whirlpools do indeed flow from the clouds; because, if the power of understanding did not begin with the holy Apostles, it would not flow more fully through the mouths of teachers. For by 'clouds' in Holy Scripture, sometimes fickle men, sometimes Pro…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXVII

Source: Septuagint

Original

28The ancient heavens shall flow, And the clouds overshadow innumerable mortals: a He has fixed a time to cattle, And they know the order of rest. b Yet by all these things thy understanding is not astonished, Neither is thy mind disturbed in thy body.

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26Behold, the Mighty One is great, and we shall not know him: The number of his years is even infinite.

27And the drops of rain are numbered by him, And shall be poured out in rain to form a cloud.

— Job 36:28 —

29And though one should understand the outspreadings of the clouds, Or the measure of his tabernacle;

30Behold he will stretch his bow against him, And he covers the bottom of the sea.

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