Job 37:4

In 11 translations

BSB

Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.

KJV

After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.

WEB

After it a voice roars. He thunders with the voice of his majesty. He doesn’t hold back anything when his voice is heard.

ASV

After it a voice roareth; He thundereth with the voice of his majesty; And he restraineth not the lightnings when his voice is heard.

LSV

A voice roars after it—He thunders with the voice of His excellence, || And He does not hold them back, || When His voice is heard.

YLT

After it roar doth a voice — He thundereth with the voice of His excellency, And He doth not hold them back, When His voice is heard.

DBY

After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency, and holdeth not back the flashes when his voice is heard.

DRC

After it a noise shall roar, he shall thunder with the voice of his majesty, and shall not be found out, when his voice shall be heard.

GNV

After it a noyse soundeth: hee thundereth with the voyce of his maiestie, and hee will not stay them when his voyce is heard.

JPS

After it a voice roareth; He thundereth with the voice of His majesty; and He stayeth them not when His voice is heard.

LXXE

After him shall be a cry with a loud voice; he shall thunder with the voice of his excellency, yet he shall not cause men to pass away, for one shall hear his voice.

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WLC

אַחֲרָ֤יו ׀ יִשְׁאַג־ק֗וֹל יַ֭רְעֵם בְּק֣וֹל גְּאוֹנ֑וֹ וְלֹ֥א יְ֝עַקְּבֵ֗ם כִּֽי־יִשָּׁמַ֥ע קוֹלֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ βοήσεται φωνῇ, βροντήσει ἐν φωνῇ ὕβρεως αὐτοὺ· καὶ οὐκ ἀνταλλάξει αὐτούς, ὅτι ἀκούσει φωνὴν αὐτοῦ.

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• Psalms 68:33to Him who rides upon the highest heavens of old; behold, His mighty voice resounds.
• Psalms 29:3–9The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters. The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic. The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars;…
• Deuteronomy 33:26“There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, and the clouds in His majesty.
• Job 36:27–33For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist, which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind. Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His…
• Exodus 15:7–8You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble. At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths…

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