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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Job 37:12

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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it--the cloud of lightning. counsels--guidance (Psa 148:8); literally, "steering"; the clouds obey God's guidance, as the ship does the helmsman. So the lightning (see on Job 36:31-32); neither is haphazard in its movements. they--the clouds, implied in the collective singular "it." face of the world, &c.--in the face of the earth's circle.
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