Bible verse
Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.
Job 37:13 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 37.
9 The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
10 By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.
11 He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.
12 They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.
13 Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.
14 Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God.
15 Do you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash?
16 Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge?
17 You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
KJV
He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
ASV
Whether it be for correction, or for his land, Or for lovingkindness, that he cause it to come.
ERV
Whether it be for correction, or for his land, or for mercy, that he cause it to come.
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