Tree of Life Version
Jeremiah 51:16
16At His giving voice— tumult of waters in the skies! He causes clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain and brings forth wind from His storehouses.
Jeremiah 51:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
- New International Version (NIV)When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When he utters his voice there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, and he brings forth the wind from his storehouses.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When He utters His voice— There is a multitude of waters in the heavens: “He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; He makes lightnings for the rain; He brings the wind out of His treasuries.”
Context of Jeremiah 51:16
14Adonai-Tzva’ot has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you with men like a locust swarm, and they will shout cheers over you.” 15One made the earth by His power, set up the world by His wisdom, and spread out the heavens by His knowledge. At His giving voice— tumult of waters in the skies! He causes clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain and brings forth wind from His storehouses. 17All mankind is stupid, ignorant. Every goldsmith is disgraced by an idol, for his molten image is a lie— there is no breath in them. 18They are futile, a work of delusion. In the time of their visitation they will perish.
Read all of Jeremiah 51Jeremiah 51:16 word by word
לְק֨וֹל תִּתּ֜וֹ הֲמ֥וֹן מַ֙יִם֙ בַּשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַיַּ֥עַל נְשִׂאִ֖ים מִקְצֵה־אָ֑רֶץ בְּרָקִ֤ים לַמָּטָר֙ עָשָׂ֔ה וַיֹּ֥צֵא ר֖וּחַ מֵאֹצְרֹתָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- When he utterethנָתַןnâthan · to give: cry outH5414
- voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
- a multitudeהָמוֹןhâmôn hâmôn · crowdH1995
- of watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
- in the heavensשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
- and he causeth the vapoursנָשִׂיאnâώîy' nâώi' · mistH5387
- to ascendעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
- from the endsקָצֶהqâtseh qêtseh · endH7097
- of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- he makethעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- lightningsבָּרָקbârâq · lightningH1300
- with rainמָטַרmâţâr · rainH4306
- and bringeth forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
- the windרוּחַrûach · spirit: breathH7307
- out of his treasuresאוֹצָר'ôtsâr · treasureH214
Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:16
- Jeremiah 10:2Thus says Adonai: “Do not learn the way of the nations or be frightened by signs of the heavens—though the nations are terrified by them.
- Job 37:2Listen carefully to the roar of His voice, the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
- Job 40:9Do you have an arm like God’s and can you thunder with a voice like His?
- Psalms 18:13Out of the brilliance before Him passed His thick clouds, hail and fiery coals.
- Psalms 29:3The voice of Adonai is over the waters. The God of glory thunders— Adonai is over mighty waters.
- Psalms 46:6God is in the midst of her, she will not be shaken. God will help her when morning dawns.
- Psalms 68:33Sing to God, kingdoms of the earth, sing praises to the Lord—Selah—
- Psalms 104:7At Your rebuke the waters fled. At the sound of Your thunder they hurried away.
- Ezekiel 10:5The sound of the wings of the cheruvim was heard as far as the outer court, as the voice of El Shaddai when He speaks.
- Job 36:26Behold, God is exalted —beyond our knowledge! The number of His years is unsearchable.
- Job 37:13Whether it is a rod of punishment or for His land or for lovingkindness, He causes it to happen.
- Job 38:34“Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with an abundance of water?
- Psalms 135:7He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain. He brings wind out of His storehouses.
- Amos 9:7“Are you not like the children of the Cushites to Me, Bnei-Yisrael?” It is the declaration of Adonai. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and Aram from Kir?”
- Genesis 8:1Then God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. So God caused a wind to pass over the land and the water subsided.
- Exodus 10:13So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and Adonai brought an east wind over the land all that day and all night. When it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16When he uttereth his voice - Sends thunder. There is a multitude of waters - For the electric spark, by decomposing atmospheric air, converts the hydrogen and oxygen gases, of which it is composed, into water; which falls down in the form of rain. Causeth the vapours to ascend - He is the Author of that power of evaporation by which the water is rarified, and, being lighter than the air, ascends in form of vapor, forms clouds, and is ready to be sent down…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15-19Verses 15-19 A transcript of Jeremiah 10:12-16.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-16God, as the Creator and preserver of everything, controls the storm with its thunder, rain, lightning, and wind, not Baal. The Lord can use these forces whenever He wants.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-1915-19. Repeated from Jr 10:12-16; except that "Israel" is not in the Hebrew of Jr 51:19, which ought, therefore, to be translated, "He is the Former of all things, and (therefore) of the rod of His inheritance" (that is, of the nation peculiarly His own). In Jr 10:1-25 the contrast is between the idols and God; here it is between the power of populous Babylon and that of God: "Thou dwellest upon many waters" (Jr 51:13); but God can, by merely "uttering…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 51
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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