Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 37:15

15. Dost thou know when God disposed them , and caused the light of his cloud to shine ?

To wit, the things before mentioned, the Clouds, Rain, Snow, Thunder and Lightning, and other Meteors. Did God ask counsel from thee to acquaint thee with his counsels in the producing and ordering of them, when and where, and in what manner he should dispose them? God ordereth all these things not as it pleaseth thee, but as he thinks meet; and in like manner he disposeth of all humane affairs, and of thine among the rest.

Which may be understood either 1. of the light of the Sun breaking through the Clouds, when it is most glorious and comfortable. But though this light break through the Clouds, yet it is very improper to call it the light of the Clouds. Or, 2. The Lightning, which is properly so called, a[illegible: 1+ letters] being produced by and in a Cloud. Or, 3. The Rainbow, which is a lightsom and glorious work of God, and therefore not likely to be omitted in this place▪ and which is seated in a Cloud which also may well be called God's Cloud, because therein God puts his Bow, as the Rainbow is called. Gen. 9. 13.