Job 37:2 - Exposition

Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth ; or, Hearken ye , hearken ye to the noise of his voice (comp. Psalms 77:18 : Psalms 104:7 ; and below, Psalms 104:4 , Psalms 104:5 ). We need not suppose Elihu to speak otherwise than poetically. He does not, like the Indian of

" … untutored mind,

See God in clouds or hear him in the wind."

He does not mean that the thunder is actually God's voice, but that it tells of him, reminds of him, brings naturally to men's minds the thought of his marvellous greatness and power, and should therefore be listened to with awe and trembling, not passed over lightly, like any other sound.