New American Standard Bible 1995
Job 37:6
Job 37:6 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)For to the snow he says, 'Fall on the earth,' likewise to the downpour, his mighty downpour.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth’; Likewise to the gentle rain and the heavy rain of His strength.
Context of Job 37:6
4After it, a voice roars; He thunders with His majestic voice, And He does not restrain the lightnings when His voice is heard. 5God thunders with His voice wondrously, Doing great things which we cannot comprehend. For to the snow He says, ‘Fall on the earth,’ And to the downpour and the rain, ‘Be strong.’ 7He seals the hand of every man, That all men may know His work. 8Then the beast goes into its lair And remains in its den.
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כִּ֤י לַשֶּׁ֨לַג׀ יֹאמַ֗ר הֱוֵ֫א אָ֥רֶץ וְגֶ֥שֶׁם מָטָ֑ר וְ֝גֶ֗שֶׁם מִטְר֥וֹת עֻזּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 37:6
- Job 38:22Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
- Psalms 147:16He gives snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes.
- Psalms 148:8Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;
- Job 36:27For He draws up the drops of water, They distill rain from the mist,
- Genesis 7:10It came about after the seven days, that the water of the flood came upon the earth.
- Ezra 10:9So all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month on the twentieth of the month, and all the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and the heavy rain.
- Proverbs 28:3A poor man who oppresses the lowly Is like a driving rain which leaves no food.
- Ezekiel 13:11so tell those who plaster it over with whitewash, that it will fall. A flooding rain will come, and you, O hailstones, will fall; and a violent wind will break out.
- Amos 9:6The One who builds His upper chambers in the heavens And has founded His vaulted dome over the earth, He who calls for the waters of the sea And pours them out on the face of the earth, The Lord is His name.
- Matthew 7:25And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.
Commentaries on Job 37:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth - Snow is generally defined, "A well-known meteor, formed by the freezing of the vapours in the atmosphere." We may consider the formation of snow thus: - A cloud of vapours being condensed into drops, these drops, becoming too heavy to be suspended in the atmosphere, descend; and, meeting with a cold region of the air, they are frozen, each drop shooting into several points. These still continuing their…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6For he saith to the snow - That is, the snow is produced by the command of God, and is a proof of his wisdom and greatness. The idea is, that; the formation of snow was an illustration of the wisdom of God, and should teach people to regard him with reverence. It is not to be supposed that the laws by which snow is formed in the atmosphere were understood in the time of Elihu. The fact that it seemed to be the effect of the immediate creation of God, was…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Be--more forcible than "fall," as Umbreit translates Ge 1:3. to the small rain, &c.--He saith, Be on the earth. The shower increasing from "small" to "great," is expressed by the plural "showers" (Margin), following the singular "shower." Winter rain (So 2:11).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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