Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 37:21

21. And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds , but the wind passeth and cleanseth them .

Or, For, as this Particle is oft rendred; the following words containing a reason of those which go before.

This Particle is either 1. a note of time, and so it intimates a sudden change which then was in the Weather, which having been very dark beg[illegible: 1+ letters]n now to clear up: Or rather 2. a note of in[illegible: 1+ letters]erence to usher in the argument.

Either 1. do not observe (as seeing is oft used) nor consider these glorious works of God. or 2. cannot behold, or at least not gaze upon it.

Or, in the Skies: For the Hebrew word signifies both Clouds and Skies. This is to be understood, either 1. of bright and lightsome Clouds: or rather 2. of the Sun, which is oft and emphatically called light, as was noted before, and here the bright light: which men [illegible: 1+ letters]ftimes cannot behold, either when it is covered with a black and thick Cloud; or when as it follows, the Skie is very clear, and consequently the Sun shine is very bright And therefore it is not strange if we cannot see God, who dwellet in darkness, 1 Kings 8. 12. nor discern his counsels and ways; which are covered with great obscurity, and if we dare not approach to him with whom is, as it here follows, terrible Majesty, and if we presume to do so, we must needs be swallowed up, as was said, v. 20.

Or rather, when (as this Particle is oft used) the wind passeth.

Either the Clouds, i. e. cleanseth the Air from them: or the Skies by driving away those Clouds which darkned it.