Job 37:11

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.”

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BSBPD

“He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Yea, by filling He doth press out a cloud, Scatter a cloud doth His light.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 37:11 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 18:42So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.
  2. Job 26:8He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
  3. Job 36:27For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,
  4. Job 36:32He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
  5. Isaiah 18:4For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
  6. Matthew 17:5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”

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