Job 37:13
What does Job 37:13 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 37:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Whether it be for correction, or for his land, Or for lovingkindness, that he cause it to come.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Whether it be for correction, or for his land, Or for lovingkindness, that he cause it to come.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For a rod, or for a curse, or for mercy, causing it to come on the mark.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Whether for a rod, or for His land, Or for kindness--He doth cause it to come.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Whether in one tribe, or in his own land, or in what place soever of his mercy he shall command them to be found.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Whether he cause it to come as a rod, or for his land, or in mercy.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 21:10
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water was poured upon them from heaven; and she suffered neither the birds of the heavens to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
- Job 36:31
For by these he judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance.
- Job 38:26
To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
- Ezra 10:9
Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within the three days (it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month); and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
- Exodus 9:18
Behold, to-morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now.
- Job 38:37
Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
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