Job 37:13
Whether it be for punishment, or for his lande, or of mercie, he causeth it to come.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
In Context
14Hearken vnto this, O Iob: stand and consider the wonderous workes of God.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:18Then Samuel called vnto the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and raine the same day: and all the people feared the Lord and Samuel exceedingly.
2 Samuel 21:14And the bones of Saul and of Ionathan his sonne buried they in the coutrey of Beniamin in Zelah, in the graue of Kish his father: and when they had perfourmed all that the King had commanded, God was then appeased with the land.
Ezra 10:9Then all the men of Iudah and Beniamin assembled theselues vnto Ierusalem within three dayes, which was the twentieth day of the ninth moneth, and all the people sate in the streete of the house of God, trembling for this matter, and for the raine.
Job 37:6For he sayth to the snowe, Be thou vpon the earth: likewise to the small rayne and to the great rayne of his power.
Job 38:27To fulfil the wilde and waste place, and to cause the bud of the herbe to spring forth?
Psalms 65:10Thou waterest abundantly the furrowes thereof: thou causest the raine to descende into the valleies thereof: thou makest it soft with showres, and blessest the bud thereof.
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 →