Logos Bible Study

Job 37:13

The NET BibleOther versions

English

Arabic

Czech

French

German

Hebrew

Hungarian

Italian

Korean

Latin

Portuguese

Russian

Simplified Chinese

Spanish

Traditional Chinese

37:13Whether it is for punishment17 for his land,

or whether it is for mercy,

he causes it to find its mark.18

Read in Logos

Footnotes

  1. 17 Heb “rod,” i.e., a rod used for punishment.
  2. 18 This is interpretive; Heb “he makes find it.” The lightning could be what is intended here, for it finds its mark. But R. Gordis (Job, 429) suggests man is the subject—let him find what it is for, i.e., the fate appropriate for him.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Whether for correction or for his land

or for love, he causes it to happen.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He brings the clouds to punish people,

or to water his earth and show his love.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He causes this to happen for punishment,

for his land, or for his faithful love.

NLTNew Living Translation

He makes these things happen either to punish people

or to show his unfailing love.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Whether as correction or for his land,

or as loyal love, he lets it happen.

KJV 1900King James Version

He causeth it to come, whether for correction,

Or for his land, or for mercy.