Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
Parallel translations
- WEB which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
- BSB which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?
- NKJV Which I have reserved for the time of trouble, For the day of battle and war?
- NASB Which I have reserved for a time of distress, For a day of war and battle?
- NLT (I have reserved them as weapons for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war.)
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Quick answer
God reserves the hail for times of trouble, battle, and war. Even weather can serve as an instrument of his judgment.
Overview
The LORD reveals that he holds back the hail for days of conflict, using nature itself in his purposes. Scripture records such storms in battle (Joshua 10:11). The verse shows that creation is not neutral but a servant of God's sovereign rule over history.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Josh 10:11And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
- Isa 30:30And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
- Exod 9:18Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.
- Ezek 13:11–13Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
- Rev 16:21And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
- Job 36:13But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
- Matt 7:27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
- Job 36:31For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
- Exod 9:24So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
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