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Job 37:11–12

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37:11He loads the clouds with moisture;14

he scatters his lightning through the clouds.

37:12The clouds15 go round in circles,

wheeling about according to his plans,

to carry out16 all that he commands them

over the face of the whole inhabited world.

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Footnotes

  1. 14 The word “moisture” is drawn from רִי (ri) as a contraction for רְוִי (révi). Others emended the text to get “hail” () or “lightning,” or even “the Creator.” For these, see the various commentaries. There is no reason to change the reading of the when it makes perfectly good sense.
  2. 15 The words “the clouds” are supplied from v. 11; the sentence itself actually starts: “and it goes round,” referring to the cloud.
  3. 16 Heb “that it may do.”

In other versions

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.