An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

Secondly, We have that which is declaratory of rain, or (as some call them) the Prognostics and signs of rain; these are laid down in the 33d verse, The noise thereof showeth concerning it, the Cattle also concerning the vapour.

Secondly, We have that which is declaratory of raine, or (as some call them) the Prognosticks and signs of raine; these are laid down in the 33d verse, The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the Cattel also concerning the vapour.

Vers. 32. With clouds he covereth the light.

He, that is, God covereth the light with Clouds. We heard of the Clouds at the 29th verse, but the word there used is not ⟨p. 417⟩that which is used in this 32d verse.¹ The word here made use of by El•hu, signifies generally any thing that is hollow or concave, as a spoon, platter, o• boll, or such like utensils, which are bowed with a convex and concave superficies; it hath also particularly two eminent significations, both of which are made use of in this place by Interpreters. First, it signifieth the hand; so we translate it (Job 16.17.) There is no injustice in my hand. The word which here we translate a Cloud, is there translated, a hand: Now, the hand, we know, hath a hollowness or cavity in it, unless when it is purposely held forth plain. The second signification is that of the Text, a Cloud, which is also hollow, and (as most conclude) the same word is put to signify a hand, and a Cloud, because Clouds usually t the first appearance are but small, or like a hand, as Elijahs servant repo ted to him, after his seventh going to view the Heavens (