JOB 37:6 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) He tells the snow when to fall to the earth,
⇔ ≈and commands the shower of rain to become a downpour.

37:6 Note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX συντάσσων χιόνι, γίνου ἐπὶ τῆς, γῆς, καὶ χειμὼν ὑετὸς, καὶ χειμὼν ὑετῶν δυναστείας αὐτοῦ.
(suntassōn ⱪioni, ginou epi taʸs, gaʸs, kai ⱪeimōn huetos, kai ⱪeimōn huetōn dunasteias autou. )

BrTr commanding the snow, Be thou upon the earth, and the stormy rain, and the storm of the showers of his might.

ULT For he says to the snow, ‘Be on the earth,’
⇔ and to the shower of rain,
⇔ to the shower of rains, ‘Strength!’

UST For example, God can cause snow to cover the ground,
⇔ and when he tells a rain shower to rain even harder, it becomes a downpour.

BSB For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’
⇔ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’

OEB For He saith to the snow, "Fall earthwards";
⇔ Likewise to His strong rushing rain.

WEBBE For he says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’
⇔ likewise to the shower of rain,
⇔ and to the showers of his mighty rain.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For to the snow he says, ‘Fall to earth,’
⇔ and to the torrential rains, ‘Pour down.’

LSV For He says to snow: Be [on] the earth. And the small rain and great rain of His power.

FBV He tells the snow to fall and the rain to pour down on the earth.

T4T He commands the snow to fall on the ground,
⇔ and sometimes he causes it to rain very hard.

LEB • on the earth’; and[fn]—

37:? Literally “the shower of rain and the show of rains of his strength”

BBE For he says to the snow, Make the earth wet; and to the rain-storm, Come down.

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JPS 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.

ASV 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.

DRA He commandeth the snow to go down upon the earth, and the winter rain, and the shower of his strength.

YLT For to snow He saith, 'Be [on] the earth.' And the small rain and great rain of His power.

Drby For he saith to the snow, Fall on the earth! and to the pouring rain, even the pouring rains of his might.

RV 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.

Wbstr For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

KJB-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.[fn]
(For he saith/says to the snow, Be thou/you on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. )

37.6 likewise…: Heb. and to the shower of rain, and to the showers of rain of his strength

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth: likewise to the small raine, and to the great raine of his strength.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

37:6 Psal. 147. 16. & 17.

37:6 Heb and to the shower of raine, and to the showers of raine of his strength.

Bshps He commaundeth the snow, and it falleth vpon earth: he geueth the rayne a charge, and the showres haue their strength and fall downe.
(He commaundeth the snow, and it falleth upon earth: he giveth/gives the rain a charge, and the showres have their strength and fall down.)

Gnva For he sayth to the snowe, Be thou vpon the earth: likewise to the small rayne and to the great rayne of his power.
(For he saith/says to the snowe, Be thou/you upon the earth: likewise to the small rain and to the great rain of his power. )

Cvdl When he commaundeth the snowe, it falleth vpon the earth: As soone as he geueth the rayne a charge, Immediatly the showers haue their strength and fall downe
(When he commaundeth the snowe, it falleth upon the earth: As soon as he giveth/gives the rain a charge, Immediatly the showers have their strength and fall down)

Wycl Which comaundith to the snow to come doun on erthe, and to the reynes of wijntir, and to the reynes of his strengthe.
(Which comaundith to the snow to come down on earth, and to the reynes of wijntir, and to the reynes of his strengthe.)

Luth Er spricht zum Schnee, so ist er bald auf Erden, und zum Platzregen, so ist der Platzregen da mit Macht.
(He says for_the Schnee, so is he soon on earthn, and for_the Platzregen, so is the/of_the Platzregen there with Macht.)

ClVg qui præcipit nivi ut descendat in terram, et hiemis pluviis, et imbri fortitudinis suæ;
(who præcipit nivi as descendat in the_earth/land, and hiemis pluviis, and imbri fortitudinis suæ; )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

כִּ֤י

that/for/because/then/when

Elihu is using the word For to introduce the reason why he said in the previous verse that God did things marvelously that people could not comprehend. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this in your translation. Alternate translation: “I say this because”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

לַ⁠שֶּׁ֨לַג ׀ יֹאמַ֗ר הֱוֵ֫א אָ֥רֶץ וְ⁠גֶ֥שֶׁם מָטָ֑ר וְ֝⁠גֶ֗שֶׁם מִטְר֥וֹת עֻזּֽ⁠וֹ

to_the,snow says fall earth and,shower rain and,shower rain mighty,his

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “he tells the snow to be on the earth and he tells the shower of rain, yes, the shower of rains, to be strong”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

לַ⁠שֶּׁ֨לַג ׀ יֹאמַ֗ר הֱוֵ֫א אָ֥רֶץ וְ⁠גֶ֥שֶׁם מָטָ֑ר וְ֝⁠גֶ֗שֶׁם מִטְר֥וֹת עֻזּֽ⁠וֹ

to_the,snow says fall earth and,shower rain and,shower rain mighty,his

Elihu is speaking as if snow and rain were living things to which God spoke. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “he makes snow fall on the earth and he makes the shower of rain, yes, the shower of rains, become strong”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ⁠גֶ֥שֶׁם מָטָ֑ר

and,shower rain

Elihu is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “and he says to the shower of rain”

Note 5 topic: translate-plural

וְ֝⁠גֶ֗שֶׁם מִטְר֥וֹת

and,shower rain

Elihu is using the plural form rains for emphasis. Your language may use plural forms in the same way. If not, you could express the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “to the heavy rain shower”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

עֻזּֽ⁠וֹ

mighty,his

In the quotation by Elihu, God is using the term Strength as a command. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “Have strength” or “Be strong”

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