Job 37:9
7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
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Compare
- BSB
- The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
- KJV
- Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
- WEB
- Out of its room comes the storm, and cold out of the north.
- ASV
- Out of the chamber [of the south] cometh the storm, And cold out of the north.
- DARBY
- From the chamber [of the south] cometh the whirlwind; and cold from the winds of the north.
- BLB
- From [its] chamber the whirlwind comes, and the cold from the scattering winds.
- ÅB
- Fra Sydens innerste kammer kommer storm, og med nordenvinden kommer kulde.
- OTB
- Fra sør kommer stormen,
Og fra nord kulden. - B1930
- Fra Sydens innerste kammer kommer storm, og med nordenvinden kommer kulde.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 9:9
Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
Read in contextIsaiah 21:1
The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
Read in contextPsalms 104:3
Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
Read in contextJob 38:1
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Read in contextZechariah 9:14
And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
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