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Job 38:23

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Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

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KJV King James Version

Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

BSB Berean Standard Bible

which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?

WEB World English Bible

which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

ASV American Standard Version

Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle.

Surrounding context — Job 38

20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] the house thereof?

21 Knowest thou [it], because thou wast then born? or [because] the number of thy days [is] great?

22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

24 By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

26 To cause it to rain on the earth, [where] no man [is; on] the wilderness, wherein [there is] no man;

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Joshua 10:11And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, [and] were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: [they were] more which died with hailstones than [they] whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.Isaiah 30:30And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of [his] anger, and [with] the flame of a devouring fire, [with] scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.Exodus 9:18Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.Revelation 16:21And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, [every stone] about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.Ezekiel 13:11-13Say unto them which daub [it] with untempered [morter], that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend [it].Job 36:13But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.Job 36:31For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.Exodus 9:24So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.Matthew 7:27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.