Job 37:12

Bishops' Bible (1568)

He turneth the heauens about by his gouernement, that they may do whatsoeuer he commaundeth them vpon the whole worlde.

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  • Ps 148:8 : 8 Fire and hayle, snowe and vapours: stormie wynde fulfyllyng his worde.
  • Jer 14:22 : 22 Are there any among the gods of the gentiles that sende rayne, or geue the showres from heauen? Art not thou thy selfe our Lorde God? we wyll trust in thee, for thou doest all these thynges.
  • Joel 2:23 : 23 Be glad then ye children of Sion, and reioyce in the Lorde your God: for he hath geuen you moderate rayne, & he wyll sende downe for you the rayne, euen the first rayne & the latter rayne, in the first moneth.
  • Amos 4:7 : 7 And also I haue withholden the rayne from you when there were yet three monethes to the haruest, and I caused it to rayne vpon one citie, and haue not caused it to rayne vpon an other citie: one peece was raigned vpon, & the peece whervpon it rayned not, withered.
  • Jas 5:17-18 : 17 Elias was a man vnder infirmities euen as we are, and he prayed in his prayer that it myght not rayne: and it rayned not on the earth by the space of three yeres and sixe monethes. 18 And he prayed againe, and the heauen gaue rayne, & the earth brought foorth her fruite.
  • Rev 11:6 : 6 These haue power to shut heauen, that it rayne not in the dayes of their prophesiyng: and haue power ouer waters, to turne them to blood, and to smite the earth with all maner plagues, as often as they wyll.
  • Ps 65:9-9 : 9 Thou visitest the earth, and thou makest it ouerflowne, thou enrichest it greatly: the riuer of God is full of water, thou preparest their corne, for so thou ordaynest it. 10 Thou waterest her forowes, thou breakest downe her hillockes: thou makest it soft with the drops of rayne, and blessest the increase of it.
  • Ps 104:24 : 24 O God howe manyfolde are thy workes? thou hast made them al in wisdome, the earth is ful of thy ryches.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 13 Whether it be for punishment, or for his lande, or to do good to them that seeke him.

  • 3 He directeth it vnder the whole heauen, and his light vnto the endes of the worlde.

  • 11 He maketh the cloudes to labour in geuing moystnesse, and againe with his light he dryueth away the cloude.

  • Job 12:15-17
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    15 Beholde, if he withholde the waters, they drye vp: yf he let them go, they destroy the earth.

    16 With him is strength and wysdome: both the deceauer and he that is deceaued are his.

    17 He carieth away the wyse men as it were a spoyle, and bringeth the iudges out of their wittes.

  • Ps 135:6-7
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    6 God doth whatsoeuer pleaseth hym in heauen and in earth: in the sea, and in all deepe places.

    7 He causeth cloudes to ascende from the lowest part of the earth: he maketh it to lighten when it rayneth, he bringeth wyndes out of his treasure houses.

  • Job 23:13-14
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    13 He is still at one poynt, and who can turne him? he doth as him listeth, and bringeth to passe what he will.

    14 He perfourmeth the thing that is appoynted for me, and many such thinges doth he.

  • Job 37:6-7
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    6 He commaundeth the snow, and it falleth vpon earth: he geueth the rayne a charge, and the showres haue their strength and fall downe.

    7 With the force of the rayne he shutteth men vp, that all men may knowe his workes.

  • 27 Sometime he restrayneth the rayne, and againe he sendeth rayne by his cloudes:

  • Job 36:30-32
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    30 Behold, he doth stretch his light vpon it, and couereth the bottome of the sea.

    31 For by these gouerneth he his people, and geueth them aboundance of meate.

    32 With the cloudes he hydeth the light, and at his commaundement it breaketh out:

  • Jer 10:12-13
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    12 But as for our God he made the earth with his power, and with his wisdome doth he order the whole compasse of the worlde, with his discretion hath he spread out the heauens.

    13 At his voyce the waters gathered together in the ayre, he draweth vp the cloudes from the vttermost partes of the earth, he turneth lightning to raine, and bringeth foorth the windes out of their treasures.

  • 1 The kynges heart is in the hand of the Lord, lyke as are the riuers of water, he maye turne it whyther soeuer he wyll.

  • 35 And all they that dwel vpon the earth, are to be reputed as nothing, and according to his will he worketh in the armie of heauen, among the inhabitours of the earth: and there is none that may resist his hand, or say vnto him, what doest thou?

  • Jer 51:15-16
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    15 Yea euen the Lorde of hoastes that with his power made the earth, with his wisdome prepared the round world, and with his discretion spread out the heauens.

    16 Assoone as he letteth his voyce be hearde, the waters in the ayre waxe fierce: he draweth vp the cloudes from the endes of the earth, he turneth the lightnynges to rayne, he bryngeth the wyndes out of their secrete places.

  • 15 He sendeth foorth his commaundement vpon the earth: his word runneth very swiftly.

  • 24 He taketh away the hearte of them that be heades of ye people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in the wildernesse out of the way.

  • 9 For he spake and it was: he commauded, and it was brought to passe.

  • 13 That it might take holde of the corners of the earth, and that the vngodly might be shaken out of it.

  • 9 Thou hast set them their boundes which they shall not passe: neither shall they returne agayne to couer the earth.

  • 6 The wynde goeth towarde the south and turneth vnto the north, fetcheth his compasse, whirleth about, and goeth foorth, and returneth agayne to his circuites from whence he dyd come.

  • 33 Knowest thou the course of heauen, that thou mayest set vp the ordinaunce thereof vpon the earth?

  • 13 Who ruleth the earth but he? or who hath placed the whole world?

  • Job 26:8-10
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    8 He byndeth the water in his cloudes, & the cloude is not broken vnder them.

    9 He holdeth backe the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloude before it.

    10 He hath compassed the waters with certayne boundes, vntill the day and night come to an ende.

  • 29 When he shut the sea within certaine boundes, that the waters should not go ouer their markes that he commaunded: when he layde the foundations of the earth,

  • 10 Though he turne all thinges vpsyde downe, close them in, gather them together, who will turne hym from his purpose?

  • 19 He leadeth away the great men into captiuitie, and turneth the mightie vpside downe.

  • 12 If he be hastie to take away, who wil make him restore it? or who will say vnto hym, what doest thou?

  • 18 He sendeth foorth his worde and melteth them: he bloweth with his winde, and the waters flowe.

  • 7 The workes of his handes are veritie and iudgement: all his commaundementes are true.

  • 15 Didst thou know when God disposed them? & caused the light of his cloudes to shine?

  • 10 He with punishing and nurturing of them, roundeth them in the eares, warneth them to leaue of from their wickednesse, and to amende.

  • 14 Tushe, the cloudes couer him that he may not see, and he walketh on the top of heauen.

  • 25 For he commaundeth and causeth a stormie winde to arise: and he lifteth vp on high his waues.

  • 37 What is he then that saith, there should some thing be done without the Lordes commaundement?

  • 24 By what way is the light parted? and into what land breaketh the east winde?

  • 3 Be not hastie to go out of his sight, and see thou continue in no euyll thing: for whatsoeuer it pleaseth hym, that doth he.

  • Job 28:25-26
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    25 When he wayed the windes and measured the waters:

    26 When he made a decree for the rayne, and a way for the lightninges of the thunder:

  • 8 Fire and hayle, snowe and vapours: stormie wynde fulfyllyng his worde.

  • 11 He bindeth the fluddes that they do not ouerflow: and the thing that is hid bringeth he to light.