"32. With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
"33. The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapor."
This last line shows how greatly the original text has been garbled; what have the cattle to do with it? Unless, indeed, here, as in the other myths, the cows signify the clouds. The meaning of the rest is plain: God draws up the water, sends it down as rain, which covers all things; the clouds gather before the sun and hide its light; and the vapor restores the cows, the clouds; and all this is accompanied by great disturbances and noise.
And the next chapter (xxxvii) continues the description:
"2. Hear ye attentively the terror of his" (the comet's) "voice, and the sound that cometh out of his mouth.
"3. He beholdeth under all the heavens," (he is seen under all the heavens?) "and his light is upon the ends of the earth.
"4. After it a NOISE SHALL ROAR, he shall thunder with the voice of his majesty, and shall not be found out when his voice shall be heard."
The King James version says, "And he will not stay them when his voice is heard."
"5. God shall thunder wonderfully with his voice, he that doth great and unsearchable things."
Here, probably, are more allusions to the awful noises made by the comet as it entered our atmosphere, referred to by Hesiod, the Russian legends, etc.