The Meaning of Job 36:33 Explained

Job 36:33

KJV: The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.

YLT: He sheweth by it to his friend substance, Anger against perversity.

Darby: His thundering declareth concerning him; the cattle even, concerning its coming.

ASV: The noise thereof telleth concerning him, The cattle also concerning the storm that cometh up.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The noise  thereof sheweth  concerning it, the cattle  also concerning the vapour. 

What does Job 36:33 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 36:1-33 - He Despiseth Not Any
God is mighty, but He does not despise thee, though thou be the least of saints. His eyes are upon thee for good, and He will set thee before His throne forever. He will stoop to thy low dungeon, whispering instruction to thine ear and commanding thee to return. There are broad places before thee in which there shall be no straitness; tables await thee full of fatness. Thy path leads from thy present prison-house into liberty and light.
Remember the unsearchable numbers of His years. Behold the wonderful machinery by which He collects from ocean, lake, and stream the clouds which, like floating cisterns, carry the waters to be bleached in the snow of the hills, and oxidized in the torrent beds! There is more love than terror in creation. Nature's myriad voices proclaim with Scripture, "God is love." He cannot, therefore, be indifferent to the righteous man or neglect him. He may discipline him to make him hate sin; but, when this end is attained, He will assuredly withdraw His rod, Job 36:10-11. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 36

1  Elihu shows how God is just in his ways
16  How Job's sins hinder God's blessings
24  God's works are to be magnified

What do the individual words in Job 36:33 mean?

Declares it His thunder the cattle also concerning the rising [storm]
יַגִּ֣יד עָלָ֣יו רֵע֑וֹ מִ֝קְנֶ֗ה אַ֣ף עַל־ עוֹלֶֽה

יַגִּ֣יד  Declares 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָגַד  
Sense: to be conspicuous, tell, make known.
רֵע֑וֹ  His  thunder 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: רֵעַ  
Sense: shouting, roar.
מִ֝קְנֶ֗ה  the  cattle 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִקְנֶה  
Sense: cattle, livestock.
אַ֣ף  also 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַף  
Sense: also, yea, though, so much the more adv.
עַל־  concerning 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
עוֹלֶֽה  the  rising  [storm] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.