Job 37:6
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 37:6 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 37:6 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. likew..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 37:6 — KJV
“For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. likewise...: Heb. and to the shower of rain, and to the showers of rain of his strength”
— Job 37:6 (KJV)
Job 37:6 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 37:6
“Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain. the great...: Heb. the showers”
Shares key themes with Job 37:6: rain, great, heb
“My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:”
Shares key themes with Job 37:6: small, rain, shower
“For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth. sendeth: Heb. giveth”
Shares key themes with Job 37:6: saith, earth, rain
“Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof. settlest: or, causest rain to descend into makest...: Heb. dissolvest it”
Shares key themes with Job 37:6: rain, heb, shower
“He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.”
Shares key themes with Job 37:6: earth, rain, shower
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