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 · 2000

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Is your voice sent up to the cloud, so that you may be covered by the weight of waters?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee?

Context

v.33Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?

v.34This passage

v.35Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?

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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