Job 37:13 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
Whether for a rod, or for His land, Or for kindness -- He doth cause it to come.
English ASV
Whether it be for correction, or for his land, Or for lovingkindness, that he cause it to come.
English Amplified
Whether it be for correction or for His earth [generally] or for His mercy and loving-kindness, He causes it to come. [Exod. 9:18, 23; I Sam. 12:18, 19.]
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
Whether it be for correction or for His earth [generally] or for His mercy and loving-kindness, He causes it to come. [Exod. 9:18, 23; I Sam. 12:18, 19.]
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
He causes this to happen for punishment, for his land, or for his faithful love.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
Whether he cause it to come as a rod, or for his land, or in mercy.
English EASY 2024
He may send a storm as punishment for his land. Or he may send it to show his love for his people.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
He causes the clouds to punish people with floods or to water his earth and show his love.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
Whether for correction or for his land or for love, he causes it to happen.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
God sends rain to water the earth; he may send it to punish us, or to show us his favor.
English God's Word - GW 1995
Whether for discipline, or for {the good of} his earth, or out of mercy, he makes the storm appear.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
He causes this to happen for punishment, for His land, or for His faithful love.
English KJV 1611
He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
English LSB
Whether for correction, or for His world, Or for lovingkindness, He causes it to happen.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
He causes it to come, whether for correction, or for His land or for mercy.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
"Whether for correction, or for His world, Or for lovingkindness, He causes it to happen.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
whether for punishment or mercy, as he commands.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
Whether it is for punishment for his land, or whether it is for mercy, he causes it to find its mark.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
He tells the clouds to punish people. Or he brings them to water his earth and show his love.
English NIV
He brings the clouds to punish men, or to water his earth and show his love.
English NKJ 1982
He causes it to come, Whether for correction, Or for His land, Or for mercy.
English NLT
He causes things to happen on earth, either as a punishment or as a sign of his unfailing love.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
Whether for correction, or for his land, or for love, he causes it to happen.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
Whether for correction, or for his land, or for love, he causes it to happen.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
He sends the storms as punishment or, in his loving-kindness, to encourage.
English Tyndale 1537
whether it be to punish any land, or to do good unto them, that seek him.