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 lightning for the rain, He brings the wind out of His treasuries.”
Parallel translations
- WEB 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 the wind out of his treasuries.
- KJV 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.
- BSB When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
- NASB When He utters His voice, there is a roar of waters in the heavens, And He makes the clouds ascend from the end of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain, And brings out the wind from His storehouses.
- NLT When he speaks in the thunder, the heavens roar with rain. He causes the clouds to rise over the earth. He sends the lightning with the rain and releases the wind from his storehouses.
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Quick answer
At God's command the waters roar, clouds rise, lightning and rain come, and wind goes forth from His storehouses. He sovereignly governs all the forces of nature.
Overview
Yahweh's voice controls the heavens' waters, mists, lightning, and winds, which He brings out as from treasuries. The vivid picture of God ruling the weather underscores His living power against dead idols who control nothing. The verse calls God's people to trust the One who commands creation itself, a power displayed when Christ stilled wind and waves.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- Ps 135:7who causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth; who makes lightnings with the rain; who brings the wind out of his treasuries;
- Job 38:22Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, or have you seen the treasures of the hail,
- Job 38:34–35“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you?
- Ps 18:13Yahweh also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire.
- Ps 147:8who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains.
- 1 Kgs 18:41Elijah said to Ahab, “Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”
- Ps 135:17They have ears, but they can’t hear; neither is there any breath in their mouths.
- Ps 68:33To him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old; behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.
- Job 36:27–33For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,
- Ps 29:3–10Yahweh’s voice is on the waters. The God of glory thunders, even Yahweh on many waters.
- 1 Sam 12:17–18Isn’t it wheat harvest today? I will call to Yahweh, that he may send thunder and rain; and you will know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in Yahweh’s sight, in asking for a king.”
- Job 37:2–5Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, the sound that goes out of his mouth.
- Job 38:25–27Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm;
- 1 Kgs 18:45–46In a little while, the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
- Exod 9:23Moses stretched out his rod toward the heavens, and Yahweh sent thunder, hail, and lightning flashed down to the earth. Yahweh rained hail on the land of Egypt.
- Zech 10:1Ask of Yahweh rain in the spring time, Yahweh who makes storm clouds, and he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field.
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