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Job 37:3–4

He lets it loose under all the heavens,

and his lightning to the earth’s corners.

After it, his voice roars;

it thunders with his majestic voice,a

and he does not restrain it when his voice is heard.

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Job 37:3–4 — The New International Version (NIV)

He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven

and sends it to the ends of the earth.

After that comes the sound of his roar;

he thunders with his majestic voice.

When his voice resounds,

he holds nothing back.

Job 37:3–4 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Under the whole heaven he lets it go,

and his lightning to the corners of the earth.

After it his voice roars;

he thunders with his majestic voice,

and he does not restrain the lightnings when his voice is heard.

Job 37:3–4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

He directeth it under the whole heaven,

And his lightning unto the ends of the earth.

After it a voice roareth:

He thundereth with the voice of his excellency;

And he will not stay them when his voice is heard.

Job 37:3–4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

It rolls across the heavens,

and his lightning flashes in every direction.

Then comes the roaring of the thunder—

the tremendous voice of his majesty.

He does not restrain it when he speaks.

Job 37:3–4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

He sends it forth under the whole heaven,

His lightning to the ends of the earth.

After it a voice roars;

He thunders with His majestic voice,

And He does not restrain them when His voice is heard.

Job 37:3–4 — New Century Version (NCV)

He turns his lightning loose under the whole sky

and sends it to the farthest parts of the earth.

After that you can hear the roar

when he thunders with a great sound.

He does not hold back the flashing

when his voice is heard.

Job 37:3–4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven,

And his lightning unto the ends of the earth.

After it a voice roareth;

He thundereth with the voice of his majesty;

And he restraineth not the lightnings when his voice is heard

Job 37:3–4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth. After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency, and holdeth not back the flashes when his voice is heard.

Job 37:3–4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

He flashes his lightning everywhere under heaven. 

His light flashes to the ends of the earth. 

It is followed by the roar of his voice. 

He thunders with his majestic voice. 

He doesn’t hold the lightning back when his thunder is heard. 

Job 37:3–4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

He lets it loose beneath the entire sky;

His lightning to the ends of the earth.

Then there comes a roaring sound;

God thunders with His majestic voice.

He does not restrain the lightning

when His rumbling voice is heard.

Job 37:3–4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Under the whole heaven he lets it loose,

and his lightning to the corners of the earth.

After it his voice roars;

he thunders with his majestic voice

and he does not restrain the lightnings when his voice is heard.

Job 37:3–4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

He sends his lightning across the sky.

It reaches from one end of the earth to the other.

Next comes the sound of his roaring thunder.

He thunders with his majestic voice.

When his voice fills the air,

he doesn’t hold anything back.

Job 37:3–4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Under the whole heaven He lets it loose,

And His lightning to the ends of the earth.

After it, a voice roars;

He thunders with His majestic voice,

And He does not restrain the lightnings when His voice is heard.


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