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Elihu Proclaims God’s Majesty

Job 37:3

In 11 translations

BSB
He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.
KJV
He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.lightning: Heb. lightends: Heb. wings
WEB
He sends it out under the whole sky, and his lightning to the ends of the earth.
ASV
He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, And his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
LSV
He directs it under the whole heavens, || And its light [is] over the skirts of the earth.
YLT
Under the whole heavens He directeth it, And its light [is] over the skirts of the earth.
DBY
He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
DRC
He beholdeth under all the heavens, and his light is upon the ends of the earth.
GNV
He directeth it vnder the whole heauen, and his light vnto the endes of the world.
JPS
He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, and His lightning unto the ends of the earth.
LXXE
His dominion is under the whole heaven, and his light is at the extremities of the earth.

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Original-language editions

WLC
תַּֽחַת־כָּל־הַשָּׁמַ֥יִם יִשְׁרֵ֑הוּ וְ֝אוֹר֗וֹ עַל־כַּנְפ֥וֹת הָאָֽרֶץ׃
LXX-Br
Ὑποκάτω παντὸς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἡ ἀρχὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸ φῶς αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ πτερύγων τῆς γῆς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 24:27For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
  • Job 38:13that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?
  • Isaiah 11:12He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
  • Psalms 97:4His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles.
  • Revelation 11:19Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.
  • Psalms 77:13Your way, O God, is holy. What god is so great as our God?

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