Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And He causes the
He makes lightning for the rain
And brings forth the
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
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.
International Standard Version
When his voice sounds, there is thunder from the waters of heaven, and he makes clouds rise up from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain and brings wind out of his storehouses.
A Conservative Version
When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.
American Standard Version
when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.
Amplified
When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,
And He causes the clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightnings for the rain
And brings out the wind from His storehouses.
Bible in Basic English
At the sound of his voice there is a massing of the waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes the thunder-flames for the rain and sends out the wind from his store-houses.
Darby Translation
When he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the end of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
Julia Smith Translation
For a voice he gives a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he will bring up the clouds, from the extremity of the earth, making lightnings to the rain, and he will bring forth the wind from his treasures.
King James 2000
When he utters his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth: he makes lightnings with rain, and brings forth the wind out of his storehouses.
Lexham Expanded Bible
At the giving of his voice [there is] a roar of waters in the heavens, and he causes [the] patches of mist to go up from [the] end of [the] earth. He makes lightning for the rain, and he brings out [the] wind from his storehouses.
Modern King James verseion
When He utters His voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and He causes the mists to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings with rain and brings forth the wind out of His treasures.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
As soon as he letteth his voice be heard, the waters in the air wax fierce: He draweth up the clouds from the ends of the earth. He turneth the lightnings to rain, he bringeth the winds out of their secret places.
NET Bible
When his voice thunders, the waters in the heavens roar. He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain. He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it.
New Heart English Bible
When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.
The Emphasized Bible
By the voice that he uttered, there was a tumult of waters in the heavens, And he caused vapours to ascend from the end of the earth, - Lightnings for the rain, made he, And brought forth wind out of his treasures.
Webster
When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
World English Bible
when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.
Youngs Literal Translation
At the voice He giveth forth, A multitude of waters are in the heavens, And He causeth vapours to come up from the end of the earth, Lightnings for rain He hath made, And He bringeth out wind from His treasures.
Interlinear
Nathan
Qowl
Hamown
Nasiy'
`alah
Qatseh
Yatsa'
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 51:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Babylon
15
"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.
16
And He causes the
He makes lightning for the rain
And brings forth the
Cross References
Psalm 135:7
He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth, who makes lightnings for the rain and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.
Psalm 18:13
The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.
Jonah 1:4
But the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up.
Genesis 8:1
But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided.
Exodus 10:13
So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind had brought the locusts.
Exodus 10:19
And the LORD turned the wind into a very strong west wind, which lifted the locusts and drove them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust was left in all the country of Egypt.
Exodus 14:21
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
Job 36:26-33
Behold, God is great, and we know him not; the number of his years is unsearchable.
Job 37:2-11
Keep listening to the thunder of his voice and the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
Job 37:13
Whether for correction or for his land or for love, he causes it to happen.
Job 38:22
"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
Job 38:34-38
"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that a flood of waters may cover you?
Job 40:9
Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
Psalm 29:3-10
The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD, over many waters.
Psalm 46:6
The nations rage, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts.
Psalm 68:33
to him who rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens; behold, he sends out his voice, his mighty voice.
Psalm 78:26
He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by his power he led out the south wind;
Psalm 104:7
At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they took to flight.
Psalm 147:18
He sends out his word, and melts them; he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.
Jeremiah 10:12-13
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.
Ezekiel 10:5
And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.
Amos 9:7
"Are you not like the Cushites to me, O people of Israel?" declares the LORD. "Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor and the Syrians from Kir?
Jonah 4:8
When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, "It is better for me to die than to live."
Matthew 8:26-27
And he said to them, "Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?" Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.