He spoke, and the winds rose, stirring up the waves.
Parallel translations
- WEB For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.
- KJV For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
- BSB For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.
- NKJV For He commands and raises the stormy wind, Which lifts up the waves of the sea.
- NASB For He spoke and raised a stormy wind, Which lifted the waves of the sea.
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Quick answer
At God's command the stormy wind rises and lifts up the waves.
Overview
The LORD sovereignly summons the tempest, raising the wind and towering waves. The storm is not random but answers to God's word, showing his rule over wind and sea. This sovereignty over the elements is precisely what Jesus displayed when he commanded the storm to be still, revealing his divine identity.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Jonah 1:4But Yahweh sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was likely to break up.
- Matt 8:24Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep.
- Ps 148:8lightning and hail, snow and clouds; stormy wind, fulfilling his word;
- Ps 105:34He spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, without number,
- Ps 93:3The floods have lifted up, Yahweh, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves.
- John 6:18The sea was tossed by a great wind blowing.
- Ps 105:31He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.
- 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;
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