Job 37:13
Job 37:13 English Standard Version Revision 2016 (ESV)
Whether for correction or for his land or for love, he causes it to happen.
Job 37:1-13 The Message (MSG)
“Whenever this happens, my heart stops— I’m stunned, I can’t catch my breath. Listen to it! Listen to his thunder, the rolling, rumbling thunder of his voice. He lets loose his lightnings from horizon to horizon, lighting up the earth from pole to pole. In their wake, the thunder echoes his voice, powerful and majestic. He lets out all the stops, he holds nothing back. No one can mistake that voice— His word thundering so wondrously, his mighty acts staggering our understanding. He orders the snow, ‘Blanket the earth!’ and the rain, ‘Soak the whole countryside!’ No one can escape the weather—it’s there. And no one can escape from God. Wild animals take shelter, crawling into their dens, When blizzards roar out of the north and freezing rain crusts the land. It’s God’s breath that forms the ice, it’s God’s breath that turns lakes and rivers solid. And yes, it’s God who fills clouds with rainwater and hurls lightning from them every which way. He puts them through their paces—first this way, then that— commands them to do what he says all over the world. Whether for discipline or grace or extravagant love, he makes sure they make their mark.
Job 37:13 King James Version (KJV)
He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
Job 37:13 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Whether for correction, or for His world, Or for lovingkindness, He causes it to happen.
Job 37:13 New Century Version (NCV)
He uses the clouds to punish people or to water his earth and show his love.
Job 37:13 American Standard Version (ASV)
Whether it be for correction, or for his land, Or for lovingkindness, that he cause it to come.
Job 37:13 New International Version (NIV)
He brings the clouds to punish people, or to water his earth and show his love.
Job 37:13 New King James Version (NKJV)
He causes it to come, Whether for correction, Or for His land, Or for mercy.