Job 37:13 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Whether for discipline, or for the good of his earth, or out of mercy, he makes the storm appear.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

ASV:

Whether it be for correction, or for his land, Or for lovingkindness, that he cause it to come.

BBE:

For a rod, or for a curse, or for mercy, causing it to come on the mark.

DBY:

Whether he cause it to come as a rod, or for his land, or in mercy.

ERV:

Whether it be for correction, or for his land, or for mercy, that he cause it to come.

JPS:

Whether it be for correction, or for His earth, or for mercy, that He cause it to come.

WBS:

He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

WEB:

Whether it is for correction, or for his land, or for loving kindness, that he causes it to come.

YLT:

Whether for a rod, or for His land, Or for kindness -- He doth cause it to come.

Job 37:13 Cross References

XREF:

Exodus 9:18 "Behold, about this time tomorrow, I will send a very heavy hail, such as has not been seen in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.

Exodus 9:23 Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt.

1 Samuel 12:18 So Samuel called to the LORD, and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day; and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.

1 Samuel 12:19 Then all the people said to Samuel, "Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, so that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil by asking for ourselves a king."

1 Kings 18:41 Now Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of the roar of a heavy shower."

Job 38:26 To bring rain on a land without people, On a desert without a man in it,

Job 38:27 To satisfy the waste and desolate land And to make the seeds of grass to sprout? (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

37:13 He causeth it to come, whether for {k} correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
(k) Rain, cold, heat, tempests and such like are sent from God, either to punish man, or to profit the earth, or to declare his favour toward man, as in Job 36:31.

WES:

37:13 Correction - To scourge or correct men by immoderate showers. Earth - The whole earth, which is said to be the Lord's, Psal 24:1 50:12, and so this may denote a general judgment by excessive rains inflicted upon the earth, and all its inhabitants, even the universal deluge, which came in great measure out of the clouds. Mercy - For the benefit of mankind and for the cooling of the air and improving the fruits of the earth.

MHC:

37:1-13 The changes of the weather are the subject of a great deal of our thoughts and common talk; but how seldom do we think and speak of these things, as Elihu, with a regard to God, the director of them! We must notice the glory of God, not only in the thunder and lightning, but in the more common and less awful changes of the weather; as the snow and rain. Nature directs all creatures to shelter themselves from a storm; and shall man only be unprovided with a refuge? Oh that men would listen to the voice of God, who in many ways warns them to flee from the wrath to come; and invites them to accept his salvation, and to be happy. The ill opinion which men entertain of the Divine direction, peculiarly appears in their murmurs about the weather, though the whole result of the year proves the folly of their complaints. Believers should avoid this; no days are bad as God makes them, though we make many bad by our sins.

CONC:

Cause Causes Causeth Causing Clouds Correction Curse Kindness Love Loving Lovingkindness Mark Mercy Punish Rod Whether

Cause Causes Causeth Causing Clouds Correction Curse Earth Kindness Loving Mercy Punish Rod Show Water Whether World

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