Job 38:34
What does Job 38:34 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 38:34 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Is your voice sent up to the cloud, so that you may be covered by the weight of waters?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 12:18
So Samuel called unto Jehovah; and Jehovah sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel.
- Job 36:27
For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor,
- Zechariah 10:1
Ask ye of Jehovah rain in the time of the latter rain, even of Jehovah that maketh lightnings; and he will give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
- Amos 5:8
seek him that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth (Jehovah is his name);
- Job 22:11
Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.
- James 5:18
And he prayed again; and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
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