New English Translation
Job 37:6
6For to the snow he says, ‘Fall to earth,’ and to the torrential rains, ‘Pour down.’
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 that a voice roars; he thunders with an exalted voice, and he does not hold back his lightning bolts when his voice is heard. 5God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding. For to the snow he says, ‘Fall to earth,’ and to the torrential rains, ‘Pour down.’ 7He causes everyone to stop working, so that all people may know his work. 8The wild animals go to their lairs, and in their dens they remain.
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כִּ֤י לַשֶּׁ֨לַג׀ יֹאמַ֗ר הֱוֵ֫א אָ֥רֶץ וְגֶ֥שֶׁם מָטָ֑ר וְ֝גֶ֗שֶׁם מִטְר֥וֹת עֻזּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 37:6
- Job 38:22Have you entered the storehouse of the snow, or seen the armory of the hail,
- Psalms 147:16He sends the snow that is white like wool; he spreads the frost that is white like ashes.
- Psalms 148:8O fire and hail, snow and clouds, O stormy wind that carries out his orders,
- Job 36:27He draws up drops of water; they distill the rain into its mist,
- Genesis 7:10And after seven days the floodwaters engulfed the earth.
- 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.
- Proverbs 28:3A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.
- Ezekiel 13:11Tell the ones who coat it with whitewash that it will fall. When there is a deluge of rain, hailstones will fall and a violent wind will break out.
- Amos 9:6He builds the upper rooms of his palace in heaven and sets its foundation supports on the earth. He summons the water of the sea and pours it out on the earth’s surface. The Lord is his name.
- Matthew 7:25The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because it had been founded on 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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