But the people are many, and it is a time of heavy rain; we cannot stand in the open. Nor is this a task for one day or for two, for many of us have transgressed in this matter.
Job 37:6 - New Revised Standard Version For to the snow he says, ‘Fall on the earth’; and the shower of rain, his heavy shower of rain, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; Likewise to the small rain, And to the great rain of his strength. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For He says to the snow, Fall on the earth; likewise He speaks to the showers and to the downpour of His mighty rains. American Standard Version (1901) For he saith to the snow, Fall thou on the earth; Likewise to the shower of rain, And to the showers of his mighty rain. Common English Bible He says to the snow, “Fall to earth,” and to the downpour of rain, “Be a mighty shower.” Catholic Public Domain Version He commands the snow to descend on earth, and the winter rains, and the shower of his strength. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He commandeth the snow to go down upon the earth, and the winter rain, and the shower of his strength. |
But the people are many, and it is a time of heavy rain; we cannot stand in the open. Nor is this a task for one day or for two, for many of us have transgressed in this matter.
Then all the people of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month. All the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain.
“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
A ruler who oppresses the poor is a beating rain that leaves no food.
Say to those who smear whitewash on it that it shall fall. There will be a deluge of rain, great hailstones will fall, and a stormy wind will break out.
Therefore thus says the Lord God: In my wrath I will make a stormy wind break out, and in my anger there shall be a deluge of rain, and hailstones in wrath to destroy it.
who builds his upper chambers in the heavens, and founds his vault upon the earth; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the surface of the earth— the Lord is his name.