God’s Word Translation
Job 37:13
13Whether for discipline, or for ⌞the good of⌟ his earth, or out of mercy, he makes the storm appear.
Job 37:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
- New International Version (NIV)He brings the clouds to punish people, or to water his earth and show his love.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Whether for correction or for his land or for love, he causes it to happen.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He causes it to come, Whether for correction, Or for His land, Or for mercy.
Context of Job 37:13
11Yes, he loads the thick clouds with moisture and scatters his lightning from the clouds. 12He guides the clouds as they churn round and round over the face of the inhabited earth to do everything he orders them. Whether for discipline, or for ⌞the good of⌟ his earth, or out of mercy, he makes the storm appear. 14“Open your ears to this, Job. Stop and consider God’s miracles. 15Do you know how God controls them and makes the lightning flash from his clouds?
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אִם־לְשֵׁ֥בֶט אִם־לְאַרְצ֑וֹ אִם־לְ֝חֶ֗סֶד יַמְצִאֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 37:13
- Job 37:6“He says to the snow, ‘Fall to the ground,’ and to the pouring rain, ‘Rain harder!’
- Job 36:31This is how he uses the rains to provide for people and to give them more than enough food.
- Job 38:37Who is wise enough to count the clouds or pour out the water jars of heaven
- Exodus 9:18So, at this time tomorrow I will send the worst hailstorm that has ever happened in Egypt since the beginning of its history.
- 1 Samuel 12:18Then Samuel called on the Lord. That day the Lord sent thunder and rain so that all the people feared the Lord and Samuel very much.
- Ezra 10:9Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered within three days in Jerusalem. On the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the courtyard of God’s temple. They were trembling because of this matter and shivering because of the heavy rain.
- Job 38:26to bring rain on a land where no one lives, on a desert where there are no humans,
- 2 Samuel 21:10Rizpah (Aiah’s daughter) took sackcloth and stretched it out on the rock for herself from the beginning of the harvest until the sky rained on the dead bodies. She wouldn’t let any birds land on them during the day or any wild animals come near them during the night.
- 1 Kings 18:45Gradually, the sky grew darker with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain. Ahab got into his chariot to go back to Jezreel.
- Joel 2:23People of Zion, be glad and find joy in the Lord your God. The Lord has given you the Teacher of Righteousness. He has sent the autumn rain and the spring rain as before.
Commentaries on Job 37:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13He causeth it to come - The Vulgate translates the text thus: Sive in una tribu, sine in terra sua, sive in quocunque loco misericordiae suae eas jusserit inveniri. "Whether in one tribe, or whether in his own land, or in whatsoever place of his mercy he has commanded them to come." In the preceding verse it is said that God conducts the clouds according to the orders of his counsels, whithersoever he pleases: and here it is added that, when he designs to…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13He causeth it to come - That is, the rain, or the storm. It is entirely under the hand of God, like the lightning Job 36:30, and designed to accomplish his purposes of mercy and of justice. Whether for correction - Margin, as in Hebrew “a rod.” The rod is often used as an emblem of punishment. The idea is, that God, when he pleases, can send the rain upon the earth for the purpose of executing punishment. So he did on the old world Genesis 7:11-12, and so…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13God's actions can have multiple purposes. For example, storms can both destroy enemies and bring victory to God's people (Joshua 10; Judges 4; 1 Samuel 7:10–11; Psalms 18:7–15; 105:32–33).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1311-13. How the thunderclouds are dispersed, or else employed by God, either for correction or mercy. by watering--by loading it with water. wearieth--burdeneth it, so that it falls in rain; thus "wearieth" answers to the parallel "scattereth" (compare, see on Job 37:9); a clear sky resulting alike from both. bright cloud--literally, "cloud of his light," that is, of His lightning. Umbreit for "watering," &c., translates; "Brightness drives away the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 37
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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