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Job 37:2–9
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Job 37:2
2Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.
2†Heare attentiuely the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.
- Heb. heare in hearing.
Job 37:3
3He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
3Hee directeth it vnder the whole heauen, and his †lightning vnto the †ends of the earth.
- Heb. light.
- Heb. wings of the earth.
Job 37:4
4After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
4After it a voyce roareth: he thundreth with the voice of his excellencie, and hee will not stay them when his voice is heard.
Job 37:5
5God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
5God thundereth maruellously with his voice: great things doth hee, which we cannot comprehend.
Job 37:6
6For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
6For *he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth: †likewise to the small raine, and to the great raine of his strength.
- Heb and to the shower of raine, and to the showers of raine of his strength.
- Psal. 147.16.&17.
Job 37:7
7He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
7He sealeth vp the hand of euery man; that all men may knowe his worke.
Job 37:8
8Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
8Then the beastes goe into dennes: and remaine in their places.
Job 37:9
9Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
9†Out of the South commeth the whirlewinde: and cold out of the †North.
- Heb. out of the chamber.
- Heb. scattering winds.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 37:2
To perceive by the ear; to listen, attend, understand, or obey, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
attentively
Carefully; with fixed attention.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A sound, especially a loud sound, report, or outcry; as a verb, to spread by report.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Sound: an audible noise, voice, report, or message; as an adjective, healthy, whole, firm, or free from error; as a verb, to make a noise, play or blow an instrument, or give a signal.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The opening used for eating and speaking; also an opening, edge, command, or testimony by extension.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 37:3
Directs: guides, orders, governs, or points in the right course.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Entire, complete, or undivided; also sound or restored to health, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The expanse above the earth, including the sky or firmament; also the dwelling or throne of God, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A sudden bright flash of light in the sky during a storm.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The last or concluding part; a termination, limit, purpose, or result. As a verb, to cease or bring to a close.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828
The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 37:4
Later than, behind, following, or in pursuit of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
excellency
Surpassing greatness, dignity, superiority, glory, or an eminent and highly valued quality in the person or thing spoken of.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To stop, hold back; a support.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
DEFINED WORDS
Job 37:5
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Is unable to; is not able to.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
comprehend
To contain, include, understand, or take in.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604
DEFINED WORDS
Job 37:6
Frozen precipitation falling or lying in white flakes.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
In like manner; also or similarly.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Water falling in drops from the clouds; as a verb, to fall or pour down like rain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Power, force, firmness, ability, endurance, or that which gives support.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 37:7
Closes, secures, marks, or authenticates with a seal.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The part of the body at the end of the arm; figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Each one of all; all taken separately, without exception in the stated group.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Labor, activity, deed, operation, or a result produced; as a verb, to labor, act, make, produce, or bring about.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 37:8
To continue, stay, or abide; to be left after others are removed or after a part is taken; to continue in the same state.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Locations, positions, rooms, occasions, offices, or passages, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 37:9
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Without warmth or heat; as a noun, coldness, chill, or cold conditions.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The northern direction, side, quarter, or region named by the verse.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 2
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Open the full verse study33The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.
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Open the full verse study5God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
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Open the full verse study16¶ And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
17And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
18And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
19And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
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Open the full verse study1THEN the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
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Open the full verse study7At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
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Open the full verse study3The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters.
4The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
5The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
6He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
7The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire.
8The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
9The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
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Open the full verse study29Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
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Open the full verse study13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
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Open the full verse study27For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
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Open the full verse study12And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
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Open the full verse study4His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
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Open the full verse study13Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?
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Open the full verse study19And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
From verse 4
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Open the full verse study3The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters.
4The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
5The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
6He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
7The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire.
8The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
9The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
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Open the full verse study33To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
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Open the full verse study26¶ There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
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Open the full verse study7And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.
8And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
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Open the full verse study27For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
28Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
29Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
30Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
31For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
32With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
33The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.
From verse 5
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Open the full verse study9Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
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Open the full verse study33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
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Open the full verse study11He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
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Open the full verse study28¶ Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
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Open the full verse study10Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
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Open the full verse study14Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
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Open the full verse study26Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
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Open the full verse study3And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
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Open the full verse study14The Lord thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
15And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
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Open the full verse study21Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
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Open the full verse study7Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
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Open the full verse study27For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
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Open the full verse study22Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
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Open the full verse study13Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.
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Open the full verse study16He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
17He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
18He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
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Open the full verse study6It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.
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Open the full verse study11Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
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Open the full verse study13But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.
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Open the full verse study9¶ Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
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Open the full verse study10And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11¶ In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
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Open the full verse study3A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
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Open the full verse study8Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
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Open the full verse study25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
26And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
From verse 7
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Open the full verse study2The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
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Open the full verse study27That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, Lord, hast done it.
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Open the full verse study17Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
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Open the full verse study11Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
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Open the full verse study12And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.
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Open the full verse study14Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
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Open the full verse study24Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
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Open the full verse study12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
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Open the full verse study7Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
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Open the full verse study8Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
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Open the full verse study9And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
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Open the full verse study4For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
From verse 8
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Open the full verse study22The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
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Open the full verse study40When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
From verse 9
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Open the full verse study9Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
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Open the full verse study1THE burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
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Open the full verse study3Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
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Open the full verse study1THEN the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
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Open the full verse study14And the Lord shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
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