Job 37:13

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

11He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through the clouds. 12The clouds go round in circles, wheeling about according to his plans, to carry out all that he commands them over the face of the whole inhabited world. Whether it is for punishment for his land, or whether it is for mercy, he causes it to find its mark. 14“Pay attention to this, Job! Stand still and consider the wonders God works. 15Do you know how God commands them, how he makes lightning flash in his storm cloud?

Job 37:13 word by word

אִם־לְשֵׁ֥בֶט אִם־לְאַרְצ֑וֹ אִם־לְ֝חֶ֗סֶד יַמְצִאֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He causeth it to comeמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• whether for correctionשֵׁ֫בֶטshêbeţ · tribe: staffH7626
• or for his landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• or for mercyחֶ֫סֶדchêsêd · kindnessH2617

Cross-references for Job 37:13

• Job 37:6For to the snow he says, ‘Fall to earth,’ and to the torrential rains, ‘Pour down.’
• Job 36:31It is by these that he judges the nations and supplies food in abundance.
• Job 38:37Who by wisdom can count the clouds, and who can tip over the water jars of heaven,
• Exodus 9:18I am going to cause very severe hail to rain down about this time tomorrow, such hail as has never occurred in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.
• 1 Samuel 12:18So Samuel called to the Lord, and the Lord made it thunder and rain that day. All the people were very afraid of both the Lord and Samuel.
• Ezra 10:9All the men of Judah and Benjamin were gathered in Jerusalem within the three days. (It was in the ninth month, on the twentieth day of that month.) All the people sat in the square at the temple of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the rains.
• Job 38:26to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, a desert where there are no human beings,
• 2 Samuel 21:10Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain fell on them, she did not allow the birds of the air to feed on them by day, nor the wild animals by night.
• 1 Kings 18:45Meanwhile the sky was covered with dark clouds, the wind blew, and there was a heavy rainstorm. Ahab rode toward Jezreel.
• Joel 2:23Citizens of Zion, rejoice! Be glad because of what the Lord your God has done! For he has given to you the early rains as vindication. He has sent to you the rains – both the early and the late rains as formerly.

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