Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
For he says to the snow, Fall thou on the earth, likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain.
New American Standard Bible
And to the
King James Version
For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
Holman Bible
and the torrential rains, His mighty torrential rains,
International Standard Version
For he says to the snow, "Fall to the earth.' He tells the rain, "Pour down,' then it rains profusely.
American Standard Version
For he saith to the snow, Fall thou on the earth; Likewise to the shower of rain, And to the showers of his mighty rain.
Amplified
“For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth’;
And [He speaks] to the showers and to the downpour [of His mighty rains], ‘Be strong.’
Bible in Basic English
For he says to the snow, Make the earth wet; and to the rain-storm, Come down.
Darby Translation
For he saith to the snow, Fall on the earth! and to the pouring rain, even the pouring rains of his might.
Julia Smith Translation
For he will say to the snow, Be it on earth; and to the shower of rain, and to the shower of the rains of his strength.
King James 2000
For he says to the snow, Be on the earth; likewise to the gentle rain, and to the heavy rain of his strength.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For to the snow he says, 'Fall [on the] earth'; and {the shower of rain, his heavy shower of rain}--
Modern King James verseion
For He says to the snow, Fall on the earth; also to the shower of rain, and to the shower of heavy rains in its strength.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"When he commandeth the snow, it falleth upon the earth: As soon as he giveth the rain a charge, immediately the showers have their strength, and fall down.
NET Bible
For to the snow he says, 'Fall to earth,' and to the torrential rains, 'Pour down.'
New Heart English Bible
For he says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth;' likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain.
The Emphasized Bible
For, to the snow, he saith, Fall earthwards, - Also to the downpour of rain, yea the downpour of his mighty rains.
Webster
For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
World English Bible
For he says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth;' likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain.
Youngs Literal Translation
For to snow He saith, 'Be on the earth.' And the small rain and great rain of His power.
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 37:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Extols God's Majesty
5 God thunders marvelously with his voice. He does great things which we cannot comprehend. 6 For he says to the snow, Fall thou on the earth, likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain. 7 He seals up the hand of every man, that all men whom he has made may know [it].
Names
Cross References
Job 36:27
For he draws up the drops of water, which distil in rain from his vapor,
Job 38:22
Have thou entered the treasuries of the snow, or have thou seen the treasures of the hail,
Genesis 7:10-12
And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
Ezra 10:9
Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth [day] of the month, and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God,
Ezra 10:13
But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand outside. Neither is this a work of one day or two, for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.
Psalm 147:16-18
He gives snow like wool. He scatters the hoar-frost like ashes.
Psalm 148:8
fire and hail, snow and vapor, stormy wind, fulfilling his word,
Proverbs 28:3
A needy man who oppresses the poor is a sweeping rain which leaves no food.
Ezekiel 13:11
say to those who daub it with untempered [mortar], that it shall fall. There shall be an overflowing shower, and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall, and a stormy wind shall rend it.
Ezekiel 13:13
Therefore thus says lord LORD: I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my wrath, and there shall be an overflowing shower in my anger, and great hailstones in wrath to consume it.
Amos 9:6
He who builds his chambers in the heavens, and has founded his vault upon the earth, he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth, LORD is his name.
Matthew 7:25-27
And the rain descended, and the torrents came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded upon the rock.