Job 37:13
He causes it to come, whether it be for correction, or for his land, or for loving kindness.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
In Context
14Hearken to this, O Job. Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:18So Samuel called to LORD, and LORD sent thunder and rain that day. And all the people greatly feared LORD and Samuel.
2 Samuel 21:14And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the sepulcher of Kish his father. And they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was appealed for the land.
Ezra 10:9Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth [day] of the month, and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God,
Job 37:6For he says to the snow, Fall thou on the earth, likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain.
Job 38:27to satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], and to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
Psalms 65:10Thou water its furrows abundantly. Thou settle the ridges of it. Thou make it soft with showers. Thou bless the springing of it.
Matthew Henry on Job 37:7-14
6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. 7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work. 8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places. 9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. 10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened. 11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud: 12 And it is turned round about by… Read the whole commentary →