the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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Job 37:13
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He makes these things happen either to punish people or to show his unfailing love.
Whether it be for correction, or for his land, or for mercy, that he cause it to come.
Whether it is for correction, or for his land, Or for loving-kindness, that he causes it to come.
He uses the clouds to punish people or to water his earth and show his love.
Whether it is for punishment for his land, or whether it is for mercy, he causes it to find its mark.
He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
Whether it is for correction, or for his land, Or for lovingkindness, that he causes it to come.
"Whether [it be] for correction, or for His earth [generally] Or for [His] mercy and lovingkindness, He causes it to happen.
Whether for correction or for his land or for love, he causes it to happen.
whether in o lynage, ethir in his lond, ether in what euer place of his merci he comaundith tho to be foundun.
Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.
to release their cargo— sometimes as punishment for sin, sometimes as kindness.
Whether it be for correction, or for his land, Or for lovingkindness, that he cause it to come.
For a rod, or for a curse, or for mercy, causing it to come on the mark.
he brings them forth on the earth sometimes to punish, sometimes to express his grace.
Whether he cause it to come as a rod, or for his land, or in mercy.
He causes the clouds to punish people with floods or to water his earth and show his love.
Whether it be for correction, or for His earth, or for mercy, that He cause it to come.
He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
He causes it to happen for punishment, or for His world, or because of His love.
Whether for correction, or for his land, or for love, he causes it to happen.
Whether it be for punishment, or for his lande, or of mercie, he causeth it to come.
He causes it to rain, whether it be for the princes or for the land or for kindness to those who are found upon it.
God sends rain to water the earth; he may send it to punish us, or to show us his favor.
Whether, as a rod, or for his earth, or in lovingkindness, he causeth it to come.
Whether in one tribe, or in his own land, or in what place soever of his mercy he shall command them to be found.
Whether for correction, or for his land, or for love, he causes it to happen.
Whether it be for punishment, or for his lande, or to do good to them that seeke him.
this has been appointed by him on the earth, whether for correction, or for his land, or if he shall find him an object for mercy.
He causes this to happen for punishment,for his land, or for his faithful love.
Whether it is for correction, or for his land, Or for lovingkindness, that he causes it to come.
Whether as correction or for his land, or as loyal love, he lets it happen.
Whether as a whip, or for His land, or for mercy, He finds it.
Whether for a rod, or for His land, Or for kindness -- He doth cause it to come.
whether it be to punysh eny londe, or to do good vnto them, that seke him.
"Whether for correction, or for His earth, Or for goodness, He causes it to happen.
He causes it to come, Whether for correction, Or for His land, Or for mercy.
"Whether for correction, or for His world, Or for lovingkindness, He causes it to happen.
Whether for correction, or for His world,Or for lovingkindness, He causes it to happen.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
whether: Job 37:6, Job 36:31, Job 38:37, Job 38:38, Exodus 9:18-25, 1 Samuel 12:18, 1 Samuel 12:19, Ezra 10:9
correction: Heb. a rod
for his: Job 38:26, Job 38:27
for mercy: 2 Samuel 21:10, 2 Samuel 21:14, 1 Kings 18:45, Joel 2:23
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 51:16 - there is Amos 5:8 - that calleth
Cross-References
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the Lord had called the child.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He causeth it to come,.... The cloud, and rain by it;
whether for correction; for the reproof and chastisement of men for their sins, by suffering such quantities to fall as wash away, or corrupt and destroy, the fruits of the earth: or "for a tribe" t, as the word sometimes signifies; the rain is sent, and comes only to a particular part or spot of ground, to one city and not to another, Amos 4:7;
or for his land; some particular land he has a favour for, as the land of Canaan he cared for from one end of the year to another, and therefore sent on it rain in due season, though as yet it did not appear to be the object of his peculiar regard; or for the whole earth, which is his; and wherever rain comes seasonably and in proper quantity, it is for the benefit of it; though some think the land which no man has a property in but the Lord is meant, even the wilderness where no man is, Job 38:26;
or for mercy; to some particular spot, and to some particular persons; and indeed it is a kindness and benefit both to good and bad men; hereby the earth is watered and made fertile and fruitful, to bring forth seed to the sower and bread to the eater, see Matthew 5:45; the word of God is for the correction of some, and for the comfort of others, 2 Timothy 3:16; yea, the savour of death unto death to some, and the savour of life unto life to others, 2 Corinthians 2:16. The Targum paraphrases the words,
"either a rain of vengeance on the seas and deserts, or an impetuous rain on the trees of the mountains and hills, or a still rain of mercy on the fruitful fields and vineyards.''
t לשבט "in una tribu", V. L. "uni tribui", Tigurine version.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
He causeth it to come - That is, the rain, or the storm. It is entirely under the hand of God, like the lightning Job 36:30, and designed to accomplish his purposes of mercy and of justice.
Whether for correction - Margin, as in Hebrew “a rod.” The rod is often used as an emblem of punishment. The idea is, that God, when he pleases, can send the rain upon the earth for the purpose of executing punishment. So he did on the old world Genesis 7:11-12, and so the overflowing flood is often now sent to sweep away the works of man, to lay waste his fields, and to cut off the wicked.
Or for his land - When necessary to render the land productive. He waters it by timely rains. It is called “his land,” meaning that the earth belongs to the Lord, and that he cultivates it as his own; Psalms 24:1.
Or for mercy - In kindness and benignity to the world. But for this, the earth would become baked and parched, and all vegetation would expire. The idea is, that the rains are entirely under the control of God, and that he can make use of them to accomplish his various purposes - to execute his judgments, or to express his benignity and love. These various uses to which the lightning, the storm, and the rain could be made subservient under the divine direction. seem to have been one of the main ideas in the mind of Elihu, showing the supremacy and the majesty of God.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 37:13. He causeth it to come — The Vulgate translates the text thus: Sive in una tribu, sine in terra sua, sive in quocunque loco misericordiae suae eas jusserit inveniri. "Whether in one tribe, or whether in his own land, or in whatsoever place of his mercy he has commanded them to come." In the preceding verse it is said that God conducts the clouds according to the orders of his counsels, whithersoever he pleases: and here it is added that, when he designs to heap favours upon any land, he commands the clouds to go thither, and pour out on it their fertilizing showers. See Calmet.
The Vulgate certainly gives a good sense, and our common version is also clear and intelligble; but there are doubts whether the Hebrew will bear this meaning. Here it is stated that God sends the rain either for correction, לשבט leshebet, which signifies rod, staff, tribe, and is here taken as the symbol of correction, he sends rain sometimes as a judgment, inundating certain lands, and sweeping away their produce by irresistible floods: or for his land, לארצו leartso, his own land, Palestine, the place of his favoured people: or for mercy, לחסד lechesed; when a particular district has been devoured by locusts, or cursed with drought, God, in his mercy, sends fertilizing rains to such places to restore the ears which the caterpillars have eaten, and to make the desert blossom like the garden of the Lord. Some think that Job refers to the curse brought upon the old world by the waters of the deluge. Now although God has promised that there shall no more be a flood of waters to destroy the whole earth; yet we know he can, very consistently with his promise, inundate any particular district; or, by a superabundance of rain, render the toil of the husbandman in any place vain. Therefore, still his rain may come for judgment, for mercy, or for the especial help of his people or Church.
