Job 37:15
Dost thou know when God commanded the rains, to shew his light of his clouds?
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Numquid scis quando præceperit Deus pluviis, ut ostenderent lucem nubium ejus ?
- Septuagint (Swete)
- οἴδαμεν ὅτι ὁ θεὸς ἔθετο ἔργα αὐτοῦ, φῶς ποιήσας ἐκ σκότους.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- הֲ֭תֵדַע בְּשׂוּם אֱל֣וֹהַּ עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וְ֝הוֹפִ֗יעַ א֣וֹר עֲנָנֽוֹ
Haydock's commentary
Light: the rain-bow, according to the best interpreters; or the lightning. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St John Chrysostom The Homilies on the Statues to the People of Antioch, Homily XI
1. When I think of the past tempest, and of the present calm, I cease not saying, “Blessed be God, who maketh all things, and changeth them; who hath brought light out of darkness; who leadeth to the gates of hell, and bringeth back; who chastiseth, but killeth not.” And this I desire you too to repeat constantly, and never to desist. For if He hath benefitted us by deeds, what pardon shall we deserve, if we do not requite Him even by words. Therefore, I exhort that we never cease to give Him thanks; since if we are grateful for the former benefits, it is plain that we shall enjoy others also, which are greater. …