Job 37:13

This has been appointed by him on the earth, 1 Whether for correction, or for his land, 1 Or if he shall find him an object for mercy. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12And he will carry round the encircling clouds by his governance, to perform their works: 1 Whatsoever he shall command them, 1

14Hearken to this, O Job: stand still, 1 And be admonished of the power of the Lord. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 12:18And Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunders and rain in that day; and all the people feared greatly the Lord and Samuel.

2 Samuel 21:14And they buried the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, and the bones of them that had been hanged, in the land of Benjamin in the hill, in the sepulcher of Kish his father; and they did all things that the king commanded: and after this God hearkened to the prayers of the land.

Ezra 10:9So all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days. This was the ninth month: on the twentieth day of the month all the people sat down in the street of the house of the Lord, because of their alarm concerning the word, and because of the storm.

Job 37:6Commanding the snow, Be thou upon the earth, 1 And the stormy rain, and the storm of the showers of his might. 1

Job 38:27And cause it to send forth a crop of green herbs? 1

Psalms 65:10For thou, O God, hast proved us; 1 Thou hast tried us with fire as silver is tried. 1

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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