Job 37:6
For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 37 connects to 10 cross-references. Elihu's speech reaches its climax with a sustained meditation on the divine wonders of thunderstorm, lightning, snow, and wind. He challenges Job with rhetorical questions: can Job balance the clouds? Does he know how God commands them? This prepares the …
Other Translations
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.
For to snow He saith, `Be <FI>on<Fi> the earth.' And the small rain and great rain of His power.
For he says to the snow, Make the earth wet; and to the rain-storm, Come down.
Cross References
And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth …
But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand …
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.