He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.
Job 37:12 - Revised Standard Version They turn round and round by his guidance, to accomplish all that he commands them on the face of the habitable world. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.
Under the whole heaven he lets it go, and his lightning to the corners of the earth.
O Lord, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all; the earth is full of thy creatures.
Prepare slaughter for his sons because of the guilt of their fathers, lest they rise and possess the earth, and fill the face of the world with cities.”
In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots, and fill the whole world with fruit.
Are there any among the false gods of the nations that can bring rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Art thou not he, O Lord our God? We set our hope on thee, for thou doest all these things.
“Be glad, O sons of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord, your God; for he has given the early rain for your vindication, he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the latter rain, as before.
“And I also withheld the rain from you when there were yet three months to the harvest; I would send rain upon one city, and send no rain upon another city; one field would be rained upon, and the field on which it did not rain withered;
They have power to shut the sky, that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.