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Job 37:9–10

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Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
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From verse 9

  1. Job 9:9Rank 1 from verse 9
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    9Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.

  2. Isaiah 21:1Rank 2 from verse 9
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    1THE burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.

  3. Psalms 104:3Rank 3 from verse 9
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    3Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

  4. Job 38:1Rank 4 from verse 9
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    1THEN the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

  5. Zechariah 9:14Rank 5 from verse 9
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    14And 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.

From verse 10

  1. Job 38:29–30Rank 1 from verse 10
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    29Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

    30The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

  2. Psalms 147:16–18Rank 2 from verse 10
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    16He 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.

  3. Psalms 78:47Rank 3 from verse 10
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    47He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.

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Job 37:9

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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COMBINED MEANING

cold

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Sense 1: Without warmth or heat. Sense 2: As a noun, chill or the condition that causes it. Sense 3: Figuratively, lacking fervent love or spiritual zeal.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

north

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The direction or quarter opposite south; the side or region toward that quarter.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 37:10

COMBINED MEANING

breath

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Sense 1: Air drawn in or breathed out. Sense 2: The breath by which bodily life is sustained; by extension, bodily life.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

frost

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1. Freezing cold. 2. A hoary, ice-like deposit or covering produced by cold.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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breadth

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Width or extent from side to side. In compounds such as “hand breadth,” “foot breadth,” and “hair breadth,” a width measured by the named object.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

straitened

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1. Confined, narrowed, or restricted in room, movement, or power. 2. Inwardly pressed, distressed, or constrained. 3. Narrowed or restricted in affection or openness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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8Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.

9Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.

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10By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

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11Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

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