Berean BlueApp preview

John Trapp on Job 37:5

Commentary or Exposition. Browse this work.

Job37:5

Verſe 5. God thundereth marvellouſly with his voice] Or, God thundereth our marvellous things with his voice] Marvellous indeed, if we conſider the effects of thunder, lightning, and light-bolts, which differ from lightning in form only, and not in matter; and for the effects thereof Naturaliſts tell us ſtrange things: as, that by them the money hath been melted, without hurting the purſe; the Sword hath been broken within the ſcabbard, the wine hath been exhauſted within the barrel, the bones broke within the fleſh, &c. How various and marvellous the nature, generation, matter, form, effects of the thunder and thunder-bolt are, not only Seneca, Pliny, and other Meteorologiſts teſtifie, but daily experience ſealeth to the truth of it.

Great things doth he, which we cannot comprehend] As being above the reach of our ſhallow capacity: Or, which we will not know; ſo the Hebrew hath it: ſuch is our oſcitancy, or obſtinacy, that we will not take knowledge of Gods works of wonder, though they do even run into our ſenſes. This he conſtrueth for an high contempt; as a skilful Artificer would do when he hath ſet forth a curious piece to publick view, and none will take notice of it. God ſeemeth to have made the Meteors in ſuch great variety, that therein he might ſhew his own skill, and their imperfection.

John Trapp, Commentary or Exposition, Job 37:5. Public domain.

Permanent link. Source edition.

Read Job 37. Compare commentaries on this chapter.

Source and publication rights

Text Creation Partnership. Public domain; TCP unrestricted text and encoding. Source edition.

Berean Blue opens December 1, 2026. Explore this passage in the app preview.