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Jeremiah 10:12–13

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10:12The Lord is the one who24 by his power made the earth.

He is the one who by his wisdom established the world.

And by his understanding he spread out the skies.

10:13When his voice thunders,25 the heavenly ocean roars.

He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons.26

He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain.

He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it.27

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Footnotes

  1. 24 The words “The Lord is” are not in the text. They are implicit from the context. They are supplied in the translation here because of the possible confusion of who the subject is due to the parenthetical address to the people of Israel in v. 11. The first two verbs are participles and should not merely be translated as the narrative past. They are predicate nominatives of an implied copula intending to contrast the Lord as the one who made the earth with the idols which did not.
  2. 25 Heb “At the voice of his giving.” The idiom “to give the voice” is often used for thunder (cf. 679 נָתַן Qal.1.x).
  3. 26 Heb “from the ends of the earth.”
  4. 27 Heb “he brings out the winds from his storehouses.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

It is he who made the earth by his power,

who established the world by his wisdom,

and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.

When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,

and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth.

He makes lightning for the rain,

and he brings forth the wind from his storehouses.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But God made the earth by his power;

he founded the world by his wisdom

and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar;

he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.

He sends lightning with the rain

and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He made the earth by his power,

established the world by his wisdom,

and spread out the heavens by his understanding.

When he thunders,

the waters in the heavens are in turmoil,

and he causes the clouds to rise

from the ends of the earth.

He makes lightning for the rain

and brings the wind from his storehouses.

NLTNew Living Translation

But the Lord made the earth by his power,

and he preserves it by his wisdom.

With his own understanding

he stretched out the heavens.

When he speaks in the thunder,

the heavens roar with rain.

He causes the clouds to rise over the earth.

He sends the lightning with the rain

and releases the wind from his storehouses.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He is the maker of the earth by his power,

who created the world by his wisdom,

and by his understanding he stretched out heaven.

When he utters his voice there is a noise of water in the heavens,

and he causes the mist to rise from the ends of the earth.

He makes lightning for the rain,

and he causes the wind to go out from his storehouses.

KJV 1900King James Version

He hath made the earth by his power,

He hath established the world by his wisdom,

And hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens,

And he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth;

He maketh lightnings with rain,

And bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.