Job 37:13 “Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His lo…”

Job 37:13

Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

World English Bible

whether it is for correction, or for his land, or for loving kindness, that he causes it to come.

American Standard Version

Whether it be for correction, or for his land, Or for lovingkindness, that he cause it to come.

Geneva Bible 1599

Whether it be for punishment, or for his lande, or of mercie, he causeth it to come.

Darby Translation

Whether he cause it to come as a rod, or for his land, or in mercy.

Young's Literal Translation

Whether for a rod, or for His land, Or for kindness — He doth cause it to come.

Bible in Basic English

For a rod, or for a curse, or for mercy, causing it to come on the mark.

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Cross references

“whether”

Job 36:31 Job 37:6 Exodus 9:18–25 Ezra 10:9 Job 38:37 Job 38:38

Job 36:31 · BSB

For by these He judges the nations and provides food in abundance.

Job 37:6 · BSB

For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’

Exodus 9:18–25 · BSB

Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now.

Ezra 10:9 · BSB

So 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 b…

Job 38:37 · BSB

Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens

Job 38:38 · BSB

when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?

“for his”

Job 38:26 Job 38:27

Job 38:26 · BSB

to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,

Job 38:27 · BSB

to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?

“for mercy”

1 Kings 18:45 2 Samuel 21:10 2 Samuel 21:14 Joel 2:23

1 Kings 18:45 · BSB

Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.

2 Samuel 21:10 · BSB

And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to re…

2 Samuel 21:14 · BSB

And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.

Joel 2:23 · BSB

Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.

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

In context

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

14Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God.

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