Job 37:13

Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.

14Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 12:18So Samuel called to the LORD, and on that day the LORD sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.

2 Samuel 21:14And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.

Ezra 10:9So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.

Job 37:6For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’

Job 38:27to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?

Psalms 65:10You soak its furrows and level its ridges; You soften it with showers and bless its growth.

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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