Job 37:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’”
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“For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For he saith to the snow, Fall thou on the earth; Likewise to the shower of rain, And to the showers of his mighty rain.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For to snow He saith, `Be <FI>on<Fi> the earth.' And the small rain and great rain of His power.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 37:6 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 7:10And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.
- Ezra 10:9So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.
- Ezra 10:13But there are many people here, and it is the rainy season. We are not able to stay out in the open. Nor is this the work of one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter.
- Job 5:10He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
- Job 36:27For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,
- Job 38:22Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,
- Psalms 147:16He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes;
- Psalms 148:8lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,
- Proverbs 28:3A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
- Ezekiel 13:11tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth.
- Ezekiel 13:13Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.
- Amos 9:6He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name.
- Matthew 7:25The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.
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