Jeremiah 10:13
11 Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”
12 The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
14 Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
15 They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
- KJV
- When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
- WEB
- When he utters his voice, the waters in the heavens roar, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain, and brings the wind out of his treasuries.
- ASV
- when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.
- DARBY
- When he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the end of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.
- BLB
- When He gives forth [His] voice, a tumult of waters [is] in the heavens, and He makes the vapors to rise from the end of the earth; He makes the lightning for the rain, and He brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
- ÅB
- Ved sin torden lar han vannene i himmelen bruse, han lar dunster stige opp fra jordens ende, sender lyn med regn og fører vind ut av sine forrådskammer.
- OTB
- Når han taler, er det et brus av vann i himlene, og han lar skyene stige opp fra jordens ender. Han sender lyn med regnet og fører vinden ut fra sine forrådshus.
- B1930
- Ved sin torden lar han vannene i himmelen bruse, han lar dunster stige op fra jordens ende, sender lyn med regn og fører vind ut av sine forrådskammer.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 135:7
He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
Read in contextJob 38:22
Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,
Read in contextPsalms 18:13
The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.
Read in contextJob 38:34–35
Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?
Read in contextPsalms 29:3–10
The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters.
Read in contextJob 37:2–5
Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
Read in contextJob 36:27–33
For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,
Read in contextPsalms 135:17
they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths.
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