Job 38:35

“Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we [are]?] Thy humble servants; we have been where thou didst send us, and have executed what we were bid to do, and are returned, and here we are waiting further orders; (see <400809>Matthew 8:9); no; lightnings are only at the command of God, and there have been some awful instances of it, (<031001>Leviticus 10:1 <041101>Numbers 11:1 16:35); but not in the power of men; indeed we have an extraordinary instance in Elijah, who, at the motion, and under the impulse of the spirit of prophecy in him, called for fire, or lightning, to consume captains with their fifties, and it came down on them, and consumed them, (<120110>2…”

“Here we are--at thy disposal (Isa 6:8).”

“Canst thou send lightnings? - That is, lightning is wholly under the control of God. So it is now; for after all that man has done to discover its laws, and to guard against it, yet still man has made no advances toward a power to wield it, nor is it possible that he ever should. It is one of the agencies in the universe that is always to be under the divine direction, and however much man may subsidize to his purposes wind, and water, and steam, and air, yet there can be no prospect that the forked lightning can be seized by human hands and directed by human skill to purposes of utility or destruction among people; compare the notes at Job 36:31-33. And say unto thee, Here we are - Margin,…”

“Canst: Exo 9:23-25, Exo 9:29; Lev 10:2; Num 11:1, Num 16:35; Kg2 1:10, Kg2 1:14; Rev 11:5, Rev 11:6 Here we are: Heb. Behold us, Sa1 22:12; Isa 6:8 \*marg. Isa 65:1 Job 38:36”