Job 37:11 “He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through t…”

Job 37:11

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

He maketh also the cloudes to labour, to water the earth, and scattereth the cloude of his light.

Darby Translation

Also with plentiful moisture he loadeth the thick clouds, his light dispels the cloud;

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

The thick cloud is weighted with thunder-flame, and the cloud sends out its light;

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Cross references

“he wearieth”

Job 36:27 Job 36:28

Job 36:27 · BSB

For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,

Job 36:28 · BSB

which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind.

“he scattereth”

Job 36:32 Isaiah 18:4 Matthew 17:5 Job 36:30

Job 36:32 · BSB

He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.

Isaiah 18:4 · BSB

For 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.”

Matthew 17:5 · BSB

While 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!”

Job 36:30 · BSB

See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.

12They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.

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