However, there are many people here and it is the rainy season, and we are not able to stand outside. Besides, this task cannot be resolved in one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter.
Job 37:6 - Tree of Life Version “For to the snow He says, ‘Fall to the earth,’ and to the torrential rain— be a mighty downpour 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. |
However, there are many people here and it is the rainy season, and we are not able to stand outside. Besides, this task cannot be resolved in one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter.
So within three days all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem. On the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people were sitting in the plaza before the House of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the rain.
“Have you entered the storehouses of snow or seen the storehouses of hail,
A poor man who oppresses the weak is like pounding rain without food.
Say to those who plaster it over with whitewash, that it will fall. There will be a down-pouring rain, and on you great hailstones will fall, and a storm wind will break out.
Therefore thus says Adonai Elohim: “I will cause a storm wind to burst out in My fury. There will be a down-pouring rain in My anger and great hailstones in destructive wrath.
He who builds His upper stories in heaven fitted its vault over the earth. He who summons the waters of the sea and pours them out on the face of the earth —Adonai is His Name.