Job 37:13

In 11 translations

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.correction: Heb. a rod

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.

LSV

Whether for a rod, or for His land, || Or for kindness—He causes it to come.

YLT

Whether for a rod, or for His land, Or for kindness — He doth cause it to come.

DBY

Whether he cause it to come as a rod, or for his land, or in mercy.

DRC

Whether in one tribe, or in his own land, or in what place soever of his mercy he shall command them to be found.

GNV

Whether it be for punishment, or for his lande, or of mercie, he causeth it to come.

JPS

Whether it be for correction, or for His earth, or for mercy, that He cause it to come.

LXXE

this has been appointed by him on the earth, whether for correction, or for his land, or if he shall find him an object for mercy.

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WLC

אִם־לְשֵׁ֥בֶט אִם־לְאַרְצ֑וֹ אִם־לְ֝חֶ֗סֶד יַמְצִאֵֽהוּ׃

LXX-Br

ἐάν τε εἰς παιδείαν, ἐὰν εἰς τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ, ἐὰν εἰς ἔλεος εὑρήσει αὐτόν.

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• 1 Kings 18:45Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.
• 1 Samuel 12:18–19So 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. They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so…
• Job 38:26–27to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives, to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?
• Job 36:31For by these He judges the nations and provides food in abundance.
• Ezra 10:9So 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…
• Job 37:6For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’
• Exodus 9:18–25Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now. So give orders now to shelter your livestock and everything you have in the field.…
• Job 38:37–38Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?
• 2 Samuel 21:10And 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…
• 2 Samuel 21:14And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.
• Joel 2:23Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.

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