Job 38:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:”
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BSBPD
“Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 38:1 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 9:10and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.
- Exodus 19:16On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
- Deuteronomy 4:11You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
- Deuteronomy 5:22The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
- 1 Kings 19:11Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.
- 2 Kings 2:1Shortly before the LORD took Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal,
- 2 Kings 2:11As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.
- Job 11:5But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
- Job 37:1“At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place.
- Job 37:9The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
- Job 37:14Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God.
- Job 40:1And the LORD said to Job:
- Job 40:6Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
- Ezekiel 1:4I looked and saw a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center of the fire was a gleam like amber,
- Nahum 1:3The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
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