Job 37:12
They move about by his direction, To execute all his commands throughout the world;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
11Yea, with moisture he burdeneth the clouds; He spreadeth abroad his lightning-clouds.
13Whether he cause them to come for punishment, Or for the land, or for mercy.
Cross References
Psalms 104:24O LORD! how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all! The earth is full of thy riches!
Jeremiah 14:22Are there among the vanities of the nations any that can cause rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Art not thou he, O Jehovah, our God? Therefore in thee will we trust, For thou hast made all these things!
Amos 4:7I also have withholden from you the rain three months before the harvest; I have caused it to rain upon one city, And upon another city have I not caused it to rain; One piece of ground hath been rained upon, And another, upon which I have not caused it to rain, hath withered.
Revelation 11:6These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy; and have power over the waters, to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with every plague, as often as they will.
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 →