Job 36:32

Verse 32. Hands, or clouds, which are compared to a hand. 3 Kennicott. 18:44. He opens his hand, and light appears. This expression denotes the utmost facility with which a very surprising thing is effected.—To come. Hebrew “by this obstacle.” He alludes to the sun’s eclipse, as if God’s hand covered its disk. Calmet.—Prot. “He … commandeth it not to shine, by the cloud that cometh betwixt.”