Bible Strands
Job 37:1
“At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker addresses Job and the assembled listeners during a revelation of God's thunderous voice, reacting to the description of divine power.
The words — לִבִּי (libbi) = my heart and יֶחֱרַד (yeḥerad) = it trembles.
The thread — This physical response to divine presence appears in Job 4:14 and Exodus 19:16, where thunder and trembling mark God's manifestation.
Why it lands — The text records a visceral reaction to God's voice before drawing any theological conclusion, requiring the reader to acknowledge the immediate, bodily impact of divine revelation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.
Cross-references
- Exodus 19:16 On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
- Job 4:14 fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shudder.
- Job 21:6 When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.
- Psalms 89:7 In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
- Psalms 119:120 My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
- Jeremiah 5:22 Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
- Daniel 10:7 Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men with me did not see it, but a great terror fell upon them, and they ran and hid themselves.
- Habakkuk 3:16 I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.
- Matthew 28:2 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it.
- Acts 16:26 Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.