Then out of the sky the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah burning sulphur from the Lord.
Job 20:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised When he fills his stomach, God will send his burning anger against him, raining it down on him while he is eating. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, And shall rain it upon him while he is eating. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When he is about to fill his belly [as in the wilderness when God sent the quails], God will cast the fierceness of His wrath upon him and will rain it upon him while he is eating. [Num. 11:33; Ps. 78:26-31.] American Standard Version (1901) When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will rain it upon him while he is eating. Common English Bible Let God fill their belly, unleash his burning anger on them, rain punishing blows on them. Catholic Public Domain Version May his stomach be filled, so that God may send forth the fury of his wrath to him and may rain down his battle upon him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version May his belly be filled, that God may send forth the wrath of his indignation upon him, and rain down his war upon him. |
Then out of the sky the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah burning sulphur from the Lord.
though he cherishes it and will not let it go but keeps it in his mouth,
So Moses stretched out his staff towards heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail. Lightning struck the land, and the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt.
My heart staggers; horror terrifies me. He has turned my last glimmer of hope into sheer terror.
I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation; I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make that grief like mourning for an only son and its outcome like a bitter day.
If you don’t listen, and if you don’t take it to heart to honour my name,’ says the Lord of Armies, ‘I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. In fact, I have already begun to curse them because you are not taking it to heart.
‘Tell the people: Consecrate yourselves in readiness for tomorrow, and you will eat meat because you wept in the Lord’s hearing, “Who will feed us meat? We were better off in Egypt.” The Lord will give you meat and you will eat.
While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the Lord’s anger burned against the people, and the Lord struck them with a very severe plague.