Job 37:6
For He saith to the snow: 'Fall thou on the earth'; likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of His mighty rain.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
5God thundereth marvellously with His voice; great things doeth He, which we cannot comprehend.
7He sealeth up the hand of every man, that all men whom He hath made may know it.
Cross References
Genesis 7:10And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
Ezra 10:13But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two; for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.
Job 36:27For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain from His vapour;
Psalms 147:16He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.
Proverbs 28:3A poor man that oppresseth the weak is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Ezekiel 13:13Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: I will even cause a stormy wind to break forth in My fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in Mine anger, and great hailstones in fury to consume it.
Matthew Henry on Job 37:2-6
The Address of Elihu. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place. 2 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth. 3 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth. 4 After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard. 5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend. Thunder and… Read the whole commentary →