Job Chapter 37 verse 6 Holy Bible
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.
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For he says to the snow, Make the earth wet; and to the rain-storm, Come down.
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For he saith to the snow, Fall on the earth! and to the pouring rain, even the pouring rains of his might.
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For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
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For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
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For he says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth;' Likewise to the shower of rain, And to the showers of his mighty rain.
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For to snow He saith, `Be `on' the earth.' And the small rain and great rain of His power.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth. The phenomenon of snow is always full of marvel to an Oriental. It comes before him so seldom; it is in itself so strange; it involves things so inexplicable as the sudden solidification of a liquid, crystallization, a marked expansion of bulk, and the sudden assumption by what was colourless of a definite and dazzling colour. In Arabia and the countries bordering on Palestine snow very seldom falls; but in Palestine itself the mountain ranges of Lebanon and Hermon are never without it; and in the region occupied by Job and his friends then is reason to believe that ice and snow were not altogether infrequent (see Job 6:16, and the comment ad loc). Likewise to the small rain; or, to the light shower of rain - "the spring rain," as the Chaldee paraphrast explains it. And to the great rain of his strength; or, "the heavy winter rain," according to the same authority. "The former and the latter rain" - the rain of winter, and the rain of spring - are often mentioned by the sacred writers (see Deuteronomy 11:14; Jeremiah 5:24; Hosea 6:3; Joel 2:23; Zechariah 10:1; James 5:7). God gave both, ordinarily, in due course.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) For he saith to the snow.--All the operations of nature obey the behest of God--the snow, the gentle showers, the drenching downpour. By means of these He sealeth up the hand of every man, obstructing and impeding their works and movements, so that all the men whom He has made may know it or know Him. This is the plain meaning, which the Authorised Version gives somewhat less clearly. Men may learn from these things that they and their works are under the control of God. They are not the entirely free agents they suppose.
