Job 37:6

In 11 translations

BSB

For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’

KJV

For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.likewise…: Heb. and to the shower of rain, and to the showers of rain of his strength

WEB

For he says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain.

ASV

For he saith to the snow, Fall thou on the earth; Likewise to the shower of rain, And to the showers of his mighty rain.

LSV

For He says to snow: Be [on] the earth. And the small rain and great rain of His power.

YLT

For to snow He saith, 'Be [on] the earth.' And the small rain and great rain of His power.

DBY

For he saith to the snow, Fall on the earth! and to the pouring rain, even the pouring rains of his might.

DRC

He commandeth the snow to go down upon the earth, and the winter rain, and the shower of his strength.

GNV

For he sayth to the snowe, Be thou vpon the earth: likewise to the small rayne and to the great rayne of his power.

JPS

For He saith to the snow: 'Fall thou on the earth'; likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of His mighty rain.

LXXE

commanding the snow, Be thou upon the earth, and the stormy rain, and the storm of the showers of his might.

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WLC

כִּ֤י לַשֶּׁ֨לַג ׀ יֹאמַ֗ר הֱוֵ֫א אָ֥רֶץ וְגֶ֥שֶׁם מָטָ֑ר וְ֝גֶ֗שֶׁם מִטְר֥וֹת עֻזּֽוֹ׃BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.

LXX-Br

συντάσσων χιόνι, γίνου ἐπὶ τῆς, γῆς, καὶ χειμὼν ὑετὸς, καὶ χειμὼν ὑετῶν δυναστείας αὐτοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 36:27For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,
• Job 38:22Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,
• Psalms 147:16–18He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes; He casts forth His hail like pebbles. Who can withstand His icy blast? He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.
• Ezekiel 13:13Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.
• Proverbs 28:3A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
• 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…
• Amos 9:6He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name.
• Psalms 148:8lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,
• Ezra 10:13But there are many people here, and it is the rainy season. We are not able to stay out in the open. Nor is this the work of one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter.
• Ezekiel 13:11tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth.
• Genesis 7:10–12And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth. In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the…
• Matthew 7:25–27The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is…

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