He covereth his hands with the lightning; And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.
Job 37:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And it is turned round about by his guidance, That they may do whatsoever he commandeth them Upon the face of the habitable world. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it is turned round about by his counsels: That they may do whatsoever he commandeth them Upon the face of the world in the earth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And it is turned round about by His guidance, that they may do whatever He commands them upon the face of the habitable earth. American Standard Version (1901) And it is turned round about by his guidance, That they may do whatsoever he commandeth them Upon the face of the habitable world, Common English Bible He overturns the circling clouds; by his guidance they do their work, doing everything he commands over the entire earth. Catholic Public Domain Version It shines all around, wherever the will of him that governs them will lead, to anywhere he will command, over the whole face of the earth, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Which go round about, whithersoever the will of him that governeth them shall lead them, to whatsoever he shall command them upon the face of the whole earth: |
He covereth his hands with the lightning; And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.
He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, And his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
O LORD, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.
Prepare ye slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they rise not up, and possess the earth, and fill the face of the world with cities.
In days to come shall Jacob take root; Israel shall blossom and bud: and they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.
Are there any among the vanities of the heathen that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee; for thou hast made all these things.
Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he giveth you the former rain in just measure, and he causeth to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, in the first month.
And I also have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
These have the power to shut the heaven, that it rain not during the days of their prophecy: and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with every plague, as often as they shall desire.