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Job 37:6 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Job 37:6 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 37 verse 6 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. likewise: Heb. and to the shower of rain, and to the showers of rain of his strength”
Job 37:6 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 37:6
He saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth (le-sheleg 'emor heyeh-'arets, לַשֶּׁלֶג אֱמֹר הֱיֶה־אָרֶץ)—The imperative 'emor ('say' or 'be') personalizes God's command to inanimate creation. Snow and rain don't mechanically fall—they obey divine orders. The great rain of his strength (geshem 'oz, גֶּשֶׁם עֹז) literally means 'rain of might,' depicting torrential downpours as demonstrations of divine power.This verse presents weather as God's direct speech-act, anticipating New Testament theology where Christ commands wind and waves (Mark 4:39). Creation responds to God's imperative word just as...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 37:6
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“or have you seen the treasures of the hail”
“which distill in rain from his vapor”
“and scatters frost like ashes.”
“and great hailstones in wrath to consume it.”
“and it is a time of much rain”
“on the twentieth [day] of the month: and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God”
“A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.”
“that the waters of the flood came on the earth.”
“that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and you”
“and has founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea”