Job 38:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Which I have kept for the time of trouble, for the day of war and fighting?

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 10:11 : 11 And in their flight before Israel, on the way down from Beth-horon, the Lord sent down great stones from heaven on them all the way to Azekah, causing their death: those whose death was caused by the stones were more than those whom the children of Israel put to death with the sword.
  • Isa 30:30 : 30 And the Lord will send out the sound of his great voice, and they will see his arm stretched out, with the heat of his wrath, and the flame of a burning fire; with a cloud-burst, and storm, and a rain of ice.
  • Rev 16:21 : 21 And great drops of ice, every one about the weight of a talent, came down out of heaven on men: and men said evil things against God because of the punishment of the ice-drops; for it is very great.
  • Exod 9:18 : 18 Truly, tomorrow about this time I will send down an ice-storm, such as never was in Egypt from its earliest days till now.
  • Exod 9:24 : 24 So there was an ice-storm with fire running through it, coming down with great force, such as never was in all the land of Egypt from the time when it became a nation.
  • Job 36:13 : 13 Those who have no fear of God keep wrath stored up in their hearts; they give no cry for help when they are made prisoners.
  • Job 36:31 : 31 For by these he gives food to the peoples, and bread in full measure.
  • Ezek 13:11-13 : 11 Say to those who put whitewash on it, There will be an overflowing shower; and you, O ice-drops, will come raining down; and it will be broken in two by the storm-wind. 12 And when the wall has come down, will they not say to you, Where is the whitewash which you put on it? 13 For this reason, the Lord has said: I will have it broken in two by a storm-wind in my passion; and there will be an overflowing shower in my wrath, and you, O ice-drops, will come raining angrily down.
  • Matt 7:27 : 27 And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.

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    21 No doubt you have knowledge of it, for then you had come to birth, and the number of your days is great.

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  • Job 38:24-25
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    24 Which is the way to the place where the wind is measured out, and the east wind sent out over the earth?

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  • Deut 32:34
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    34 Is not this among my secrets, kept safe in my store-house?

  • Job 38:8-13
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    8 Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place;

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    10 Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors;

    11 And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped?

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  • Job 38:29-30
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    29 Out of whose body came the ice? and who gave birth to the cold mist of heaven?

    30 The waters are joined together, hard as a stone, and the face of the deep is covered.

  • Job 38:37-38
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    37 By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth,

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  • Job 15:24
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    24 He is greatly in fear of the dark day, trouble and pain overcome him:

  • Job 38:15-17
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    15 And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken.

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  • Job 37:18
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    18 Will you, with him, make the skies smooth, and strong as a polished looking-glass?

  • Job 37:6
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    6 For he says to the snow, Make the earth wet; and to the rain-storm, Come down.

  • Hab 3:16
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    16 Hearing it, my inner parts were moved, and my lips were shaking at the sound; my bones became feeble, and my steps were uncertain under me: I gave sounds of grief in the day of trouble, when his forces came up against the people in bands.

  • Isa 27:8
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    8 Your anger against her has been made clear by driving her away; he has taken her away with his storm-wind in the day of his east wind.

  • Jer 15:11-12
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    11 ...

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  • Job 37:9-10
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    9 Out of its place comes the storm-wind, and the cold out of its store-houses.

    10 By the breath of God ice is made, and the wide waters are shut in.

  • Job 38:34
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    34 Is your voice sent up to the cloud, so that you may be covered by the weight of waters?

  • Job 38:19
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    19 Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;

  • Job 38:4
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    4 Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge.

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    19 Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.