Job 37:12
And they are turned round about by His guidance, that they may do whatsoever He commandeth them upon the face of the habitable world:
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
11Yea, He ladeth the thick cloud with moister, He spreadeth abroad the cloud of His lightning;
13Whether it be for correction, or for His earth, or for mercy, that He cause it to come.
Cross References
Psalms 104:24How manifold are Thy works, O LORD! In wisdom hast Thou made them all; the earth is full of Thy creatures.
Jeremiah 14:22Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? Art not Thou He, O LORD our God, and do we not wait for Thee? For Thou hast made all these things.
Amos 4:7And I also have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city; one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
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 →