Job 37:13 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹³He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

Job 37:13 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 18:45
And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
Job 38:26-27
To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; …
1 Samuel 12:18-19
So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. …
Job 36:31
For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
2 Samuel 21:10
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 6-13)

The changes and extremities of the weather, wet or dry, hot or cold, are the subject of a great deal of our common talk and observation; but how seldom do we think and speak of these things, as Elihu does here, with an awful regard to God the director of them, who shows his power and serves the purposes of his providence by them! We must take notice of the glory of God, not only in the thunder and…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 13)

11-13. How the thunderclouds are dispersed, or else employed by God, either for correction or mercy. by watering--by loading it with water. wearieth--burdeneth it, so that it falls in rain; thus “wearieth” answers to the parallel “scattereth” (compare, see on Job 37:9); a clear sky resulting alike from both. bright cloud--literally, “cloud of his light,” that is, of His lightning. Umbreit for “wat…