Job 37:4
After it, His voice roars; He thunders with His majestic voice, and He does not hold them back when His voice is heard.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
KJV1611 – Modern English
After it a voice roars: he thunders with the voice of his majesty; and he does not hold them back when his voice is heard.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
After{H310} it a voice{H6963} roareth;{H7580} He thundereth{H7481} with the voice{H6963} of his majesty;{H1347} And he restraineth{H6117} not [the lightnings] when his voice{H6963} is heard.{H8085}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
After{H310} it a voice{H6963} roareth{H7580}{(H8799)}: he thundereth{H7481}{(H8686)} with the voice{H6963} of his excellency{H1347}; and he will not stay{H6117}{(H8762)} them when his voice{H6963} is heard{H8085}{(H8735)}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
A roaringe voyce foloweth him: for his glorious magesty geueth soch a thondre clappe, that (though a man heare it) yet maye he not perceaue it afterwarde. It geueth an horrible sownde,
Geneva Bible (1560)
After it a noyse soundeth: hee thundereth with the voyce of his maiestie, and hee will not stay them when his voyce is heard.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
A roring voyce foloweth it: for his glorious maiestie geueth a thuder clappe, & he will not stay whe his voyce is heard.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
Webster's Bible (1833)
After it a voice roars. He thunders with the voice of his majesty; He doesn't hold back anything when his voice is heard.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
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.
American Standard Version (1901)
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 (1901)
After it a voice roareth; He thundereth with the voice of his majesty; And he restraineth not [the lightnings] when his voice is heard.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
After it a voice is sounding, thundering out the word of his power; he does not keep back his thunder-flames; from his mouth his voice is sounding.
World English Bible (2000)
After it a voice roars. He thunders with the voice of his majesty. He doesn't hold back anything when his voice is heard.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
After that a voice roars; he thunders with an exalted voice, and he does not hold back his lightning bolts when his voice is heard.
Referenced Verses
- Ps 29:3-9 : 3 The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders—the Lord is over the mighty waters. 4 The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is majestic. 5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon. 6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, Sirion like a young wild ox. 7 The voice of the Lord strikes with flashes of fire. 8 The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; the Lord shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh. 9 The voice of the Lord causes the deer to give birth and strips the forests bare. And in His temple, everyone says, ‘Glory!’
- Ps 68:33 : 33 Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth; sing praises to the Lord—Selah.
- Exod 15:7-8 : 7 In the greatness of Your majesty, You overthrow those who rise against You. You unleash Your burning anger; it consumes them like stubble. 8 By the blast of Your nostrils, the waters piled up; the flowing waters stood like a wall; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
- Deut 33:26 : 26 There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens to help you and on the clouds in His majesty.
- Job 36:27-33 : 27 For He draws up the drops of water; they distill as rain into His mist. 28 The clouds pour it out; they drip upon mankind in abundance. 29 Moreover, can anyone understand the expanse of the clouds, or the thunderings of His pavilion? 30 Behold, He spreads His light over it and covers the depths of the sea. 31 For by these He judges the peoples; He gives food in abundance. 32 He covers His hands with the lightning and commands it to strike its target. 33 Its thundering declares His presence; the storm speaks of His power.
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