Job

Job 38:34–35

³⁴Can you command the clouds

so that a flood of water covers you?

³⁵Can you send the lightning bolts on their way?

Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Can you command	הֲתָרִ֣ים	hă·ṯā·rîm	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H7311 be high, exalted, rise
the clouds	לָעָ֣ב	lā·‘āḇ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - common singular	H5645 dark cloud, cloud-mass, thicket
so that a flood	וְֽשִׁפְעַת־	wə·šip̄·‘aṯ-	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct	H8229 abundance, quantity
of water	מַ֥יִם	ma·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine
covers you	תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃	tə·ḵas·se·kā	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; second person masculine singular	H3680 cover

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Can you send	הַֽתְשַׁלַּ֣ח	haṯ·šal·laḥ	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H7971 send
the lightning bolts	בְּרָקִ֣ים	bə·rā·qîm	Noun - masculine plural	H1300 lightning
on their way	וְיֵלֵ֑כוּ	wə·yê·lê·ḵū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1980 go, come, walk
Do they report	וְיֹאמְר֖וּ	wə·yō·mə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
to you	לְךָ֣	lə·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular
Here we are	הִנֵּֽנוּ׃	hin·nê·nū	Interjection; first person common plural	H2005 lo! behold

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 38:34 Job 22:11 · Amos 5:8 · Job 36:27–28 · James 5:18 · Zechariah 10:1 · 1 Samuel 12:18

Job 38:35 Job 36:32 · Job 37:3

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.