Job 37:11
9 The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
10 By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.
He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.
12 They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.
13 Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.
- KJV
- Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
- WEB
- Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.
- ASV
- Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning:
- DARBY
- Also with plentiful moisture he loadeth the thick clouds, his light dispels the cloud;
- BLB
- Also with moisture He loads the thick cloud; His lightning scatters the cloud.
- ÅB
- Med væte fyller han skyen, og han spreder sine lynskyer,
- OTB
- Han fyller også skyene med fuktighet;
Han sprer skyen av sitt lyn. - B1930
- Med væte fyller han skyen, og han spreder sine lynskyer,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 36:27–30
For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,
Read in contextMatthew 17:5
While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
Read in contextIsaiah 18:4
For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
Read in contextJob 36:32
He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
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