KJV King James Version
Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Job 37:9
Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
WEB World English Bible
Out of its room comes the storm, and cold out of the north.
ASV American Standard Version
Out of the chamber of the south cometh the storm, And cold out of the north.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
From the inner chamber cometh a hurricane, And from scatterings winds—cold,
Surrounding context — Job 37
6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou [on] the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
12 And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
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Job 9:9Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.Isaiah 21:1The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; [so] it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.Psalm 104:3Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:Job 38:1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,Zechariah 9:14And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
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