Job 37:13

11 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.

Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.

14 Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God.

15 Do you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash?

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.
KJV
He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
WEB
whether it is for correction, or for his land, or for loving kindness, that he causes it to come.
ASV
Whether it be for correction, or for his land, Or for lovingkindness, that he cause it to come.
DARBY
Whether he cause it to come as a rod, or for his land, or in mercy.
BLB
If for the rod, if for His land, if in His loving devotion, He makes it find it.
ÅB
enten til tukt, når det er til gagn for hans jord, eller til velsignelse lar han dem komme.
OTB
Enten for korreksjon, eller for Hans verden,
Eller for barmhjertighet, lar Han det skje.
B1930
enten til tukt, når det er til gagn for hans jord, eller til velsignelse lar han dem komme.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Kings 18:45

    Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.

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  • Job 38:26–27

    to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,

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  • 1 Samuel 12:18–19

    So Samuel called to the LORD, and on that day the LORD sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.

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  • Job 36:31

    For by these He judges the nations and provides food in abundance.

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  • 2 Samuel 21:10

    And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

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  • Job 38:37–38

    Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens

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  • Job 37:6

    For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’

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  • Ezra 10:9

    So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.

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