Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with a flood of water? New Living Translation “Can you shout to the clouds and make it rain? English Standard Version “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that a flood of waters may cover you? Berean Standard Bible Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you? King James Bible Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? New King James Version “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That an abundance of water may cover you? New American Standard Bible “Can you raise your voice to the clouds, So that an abundance of water will cover you? NASB 1995 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, So that an abundance of water will cover you? NASB 1977 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, So that an abundance of water may cover you? Legacy Standard Bible “Can you raise your voice up to the clouds, So that an abundance of water will cover you? Amplified Bible “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, So that an abundance of water will cover you? Christian Standard Bible Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you? Holman Christian Standard Bible Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you? American Standard Version Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee? Contemporary English Version Can you order the clouds to send a downpour, English Revised Version Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? GOD'S WORD® Translation Can you call to the clouds and have a flood of water cover you? Good News Translation Can you shout orders to the clouds and make them drench you with rain? International Standard Version "Can you call out to the clouds, so that abundant water drenches you? Majority Standard Bible Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you? NET Bible Can you raise your voice to the clouds so that a flood of water covers you? New Heart English Bible "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you? Webster's Bible Translation Canst thou lift thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? World English Bible “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionDo you lift up your voice to the cloud, "" And abundance of water covers you? Young's Literal Translation Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee? Smith's Literal Translation Wilt thou lift up thy voice to the cloud, and abundance of waters shall cover thee? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleCanst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee? Catholic Public Domain Version Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, so that an onslaught of waters will cover you? New American Bible Can you raise your voice to the clouds, for them to cover you with a deluge of waters? New Revised Standard Version “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, so that a flood of waters may cover you? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleCan you lift up your voice to the clouds? Or can you cover them with abundance of waters? Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Do you lift up your voice over the clouds, and do you cover them with a multitude of waters? OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee? Brenton Septuagint Translation And wilt thou call a cloud with thy voice, and will it obey thee with a violent shower of much rain? Audio Bible Context God Challenges Job…33Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth? 34Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you? 35Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?… Cross References Psalm 147:8 who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills. Jeremiah 14:22 Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things. 1 Kings 8:35-36 When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them, / then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance. Deuteronomy 11:14 then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil. Isaiah 55:10 For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, Zechariah 10:1 Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field. James 5:17-18 Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. / Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops. Matthew 5:45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. Acts 14:17 Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.” Jeremiah 5:24 They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’ Hosea 6:3 So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth. Psalm 65:9-10 You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth. / You soak its furrows and level its ridges; You soften it with showers and bless its growth. Amos 4:7 “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. 1 Samuel 12:17-18 Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.” / So Samuel called to the LORD, and on that day the LORD sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. Luke 8:24-25 The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters, and they subsided, and all was calm. / “Where is your faith?” He asked. Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!” Treasury of Scripture Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you? 1 Samuel 12:18 So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. Amos 5:8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: Zechariah 10:1 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. Jump to Previous Abundance Cloud Clouds Cover Covered Flood Floods Lift Raise Voice Water Waters WeightJump to Next Abundance Cloud Clouds Cover Covered Flood Floods Lift Raise Voice Water Waters WeightJob 38 1. God challenges Job to answer4. God, by his mighty works, convinces Job of ignorance 31. and weakness Can you command The phrase "Can you command" challenges human authority and power. In Hebrew, the word for "command" is "צָוָה" (tsavah), which implies giving orders or decrees. This word is often used in the context of divine authority, as God commands creation and the elements. The rhetorical question posed by God to Job underscores the vast difference between divine omnipotence and human limitations. It serves as a reminder of God's sovereignty over the natural world, emphasizing that only God has the power to command the elements of nature. the clouds so that a flood of water covers you Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Can you commandהֲתָרִ֣ים (hă·ṯā·rîm) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise the clouds לָעָ֣ב (lā·‘āḇ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 5645: An envelope, darkness, a, cloud, a copse so that a flood וְֽשִׁפְעַת־ (wə·šip̄·‘aṯ-) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 8229: Abundance, quantity of water מַ֥יִם (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen covers you? תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃ (tə·ḵas·se·kā) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | second person masculine singular Strong's 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover Links Job 38:34 NIVJob 38:34 NLT Job 38:34 ESV Job 38:34 NASB Job 38:34 KJV Job 38:34 BibleApps.com Job 38:34 Biblia Paralela Job 38:34 Chinese Bible Job 38:34 French Bible Job 38:34 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 38:34 Can you lift up your voice (Jb) |