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Job 37:13 Cross-References
Explore 11 cross-references for Job 37:13 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 37 verse 13 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy. correction: Heb. a rod”
Job 37:13 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 37:13
He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy (im-le-shevet im-le-'artso im-le-hesed yamtsi'ehu, אִם־לְשֵׁבֶט אִם־לְאַרְצוֹ אִם־לְחֶסֶד יַמְצִאֵהוּ)—God sends weather with three distinct purposes: shevet (שֵׁבֶט, 'rod' or 'correction'), provision for artso ('His land'), or hesed (חֶסֶד, 'covenant loyalty/mercy'). The tripartite structure is masterful: same phenomenon (rain/storm), radically different intentions.This verse is key to theodicy: suffering is not random. Rain may discipline rebels (correction), sustain crops (provision), or demonstrate undeserved grac...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 37:13
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“that the sky grew black with clouds and wind”
“in which there is no man;”
“So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.”
“For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.”
“'Fall on the earth;' likewise to the shower of rain”
“on the twentieth [day] of the month: and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God”
“and spread it for her on the rock”
“tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail”
“in the tomb of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. After that God was entreated for the land.”