Job 37:4

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.”

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BSBPD

“Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“After it a voice roareth; He thundereth with the voice of his majesty; And he restraineth not the lightnings when his voice is heard.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“After it roar doth a voice--He thundereth with the voice of His excellency, And He doth not hold them back, When His voice is heard.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 37:4 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 15:7You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.
  2. Deuteronomy 33:26“There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, and the clouds in His majesty.
  3. Job 28:26when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,
  4. Job 36:27For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,
  5. Job 40:9Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
  6. Psalms 18:14He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
  7. Psalms 29:3The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters.
  8. Psalms 68:33to Him who rides upon the highest heavens of old; behold, His mighty voice resounds.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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