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Job 37:15

God's power and sovereignty

13 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.

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

16 Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge?

17 You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,

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BSB
Do you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash?
KJV
Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?
WEB
Do you know how God controls them, and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?
ASV
Dost thou know how God layeth [his charge] upon them, And causeth the lightning of his cloud to shine?
DARBY
Dost thou know how God hath disposed them, and how he causeth the lightning of his cloud to flash?
BLB
Do you know [how] God does place upon them, and [how] He causes the light of His cloud to shine?
ÅB
Forstår du hvordan Gud styrer dem og lar sine skyers lyn blinke fram?
OTB
Vet du hvordan Gud etablerer dem,
Og får lynet av sin sky til å skinne?
B1930
Forstår du hvorledes Gud styrer dem og lar sine skyers lyn blinke frem?

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