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Job 37:11–12

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11Lightning flashes from the clouds,p

12as they move at God’s will.

They do all that God commands,

everywhere throughout the world.

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  1. pVerse 11 in Hebrew is unclear.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

He loads the thick cloud with moisture;

the clouds scatter his lightning.

They turn around and around by his guidance,

to accomplish all that he commands them

on the face of the habitable world.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He loads the clouds with moisture;

he scatters his lightning through them.

At his direction they swirl around

over the face of the whole earth

to do whatever he commands them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He saturates clouds with moisture;

he scatters his lightning through them.

They swirl about,

turning round and round at his direction,

accomplishing everything he commands them

over the surface of the inhabited world.

NLTNew Living Translation

He loads the clouds with moisture,

and they flash with his lightning.

The clouds churn about at his direction.

They do whatever he commands throughout the earth.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Also, he loads down thick clouds with moisture;

his lightning scatters the clouds.

And they turn around by his guidance

to accomplish all that he has commanded them

on the face of the habitable world.

KJV 1900King James Version

Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud:

He scattereth his bright cloud:

And it is turned round about by his counsels:

That they may do whatsoever he commandeth them

Upon the face of the world in the earth.