Job 37:13

For a rod, or for a curse, or for mercy, causing it to come on the mark.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

In Context

12And it goes this way and that, round about, turning itself by his guiding, to do whatever he gives orders to be done, on the face of his world of men,

14Give ear to this, O Job, and keep quiet in your place; and take note of the wonders worked by God.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 12:18So Samuel made prayer to the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people were in fear of the Lord and of Samuel.

2 Samuel 21:14And they put them with the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the resting-place of Kish, his father, in Zela in the country of Benjamin; they did all the king had given them orders to do. And after that, God gave ear to their prayers for the land.

Ezra 10:9Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin came together to Jerusalem before three days were past; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people were seated in the wide square in front of the house of God, shaking with fear because of this business and because of the great rain.

Job 37:6For he says to the snow, Make the earth wet; and to the rain-storm, Come down.

Job 38:27To give water to the land where there is waste and destruction, and to make the dry land green with young grass?

Psalms 65:10\65:9\You have given your blessing to the earth, watering it and making it fertile; the river of God is full of water: and having made it ready, you give men grain.

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 →

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