Jeremiah 51:16 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ 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 forth the wind from His treasuries.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ When he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ At the sound of God’s voice, the heavenly waters roar. God raises the clouds from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain and sends the wind from his treasuries.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ when he utters his voice, the waters will be multiplied in the heavens. The One who lifts up the clouds from the ends of the earth: he has turned lightning into rain, and he has brought forth wind from his storehouses.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ When he uttereth his voice the waters are multiplied in heaven: he lifteth up the clouds from the ends of the earth, he hath turned lightning into rain and hath brought forth the wind out of his treasures.

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁶ When he utters his voice there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, and he brings forth the wind from his storehouses.

Jeremiah 51:16 Cross References

Genesis 8:1

And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

Job 37:13

He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

Job 38:22

Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

Job 40:9

Hast thou an arm like God? Or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

Psalm 104:7

At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.

Psalm 135:7

He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; He maketh lightnings for the rain; He bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.

Psalm 147:18

He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

Psalm 18:13

The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; Hail stones and coals of fire.

Psalm 46:6

The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered his voice, the earth melted.

Psalm 68:33

To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; Lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.

Psalm 78:26

He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: And by his power he brought in the south wind.

Exodus 10:13

And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

Exodus 10:19

And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.

Exodus 14:21

And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

Ezekiel 10:5

And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.

Amos 9:7

Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

Jonah 1:4

But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

Jonah 4:8

And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.