Elihu Proclaims God’s Majesty
Job 37:9
In 11 translations
- 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.south: Heb. chambernorth: Heb. scattering winds
- 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.
- LSV
- From the inner chamber comes a windstorm, || And from scatterings winds—cold,
- YLT
- From the inner chamber cometh a hurricane, And from scatterings winds — cold,
- DBY
- From the chamber [of the south] cometh the whirlwind; and cold from the winds of the north.
- DRC
- Out of the inner parts shall a tempest come, and cold out of the north.
- GNV
- The whirlewind commeth out of the South, and the colde from the North winde.
- JPS
- Out of the Chamber cometh the storm; and cold out of the north.
- LXXE
- Troubles come on out of the secret chambers, and cold from the mountain-tops.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- מִן־הַ֭חֶדֶר תָּב֣וֹא סוּפָ֑ה וּֽמִמְּזָרִ֥ים קָרָֽה׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἐκ ταμιείων ἐπέρχονται ὀδύναι, ἀπὸ δὲ ἀκρωτηρίων ψῦχος·
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
WhirlwindSouthWeatherElihuWindPhilosophyReligionWind, TheProvidence of God, TheMeteorology and Celestial Phenomena
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Job 9:9He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
- Psalms 104:3laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.
- Isaiah 21:1This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.
- Job 38:1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
- Zechariah 9:14Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south.
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