Job 38:35

In 11 translations

BSB

Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?

KJV

Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?Here…: Heb. Behold us?

WEB

Can you send out lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?

ASV

Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?

LSV

Do you send out lightnings, and they go || And say to you, Behold us?

YLT

Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, 'Behold us?'

DBY

Dost thou send forth lightnings that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

DRC

Canst thou send lightnings, and will they go, and will they return and say to thee: Here we are?

GNV

Canst thou sende the lightenings that they may walke, and say vnto thee, Loe, heere we are?

JPS

Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee: 'Here we are'?

LXXE

And wilt thou send lightnings, and they shall go? and shall they say to thee, What is thy pleasure?

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WLC

הַֽתְשַׁלַּ֣ח בְּרָקִ֣ים וְיֵלֵ֑כוּ וְיֹאמְר֖וּ לְךָ֣ הִנֵּֽנוּ׃

LXX-Br

Ἀποστελεῖς δὲ κεραυνοὺς καὶ πορεύσονται; ἐροῦσι δέ σοι, τί ἐστι;

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• Job 36:32He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
• Job 37:3He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.
• 2 Kings 1:14Behold, fire has come down from heaven and consumed the first two captains of fifty, with all their men. But now may my life be precious in your sight.”
• Numbers 16:35And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.
• Leviticus 10:2So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.
• Isaiah 65:1“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’
• 2 Kings 1:10Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.
• Isaiah 6:8Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”
• Exodus 9:29Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.
• Numbers 11:1Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.
• Revelation 11:5–6If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed. These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall…
• 1 Samuel 22:12“Listen now, son of Ahitub,” said Saul. “Here I am, my lord,” he replied.
• Exodus 9:23–25So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt. The hail fell and the lightning continued…

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