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Job 36:31
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For he judges the nations with these;he gives food in abundance.
For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance.
For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
For by these he judges peoples; he gives food in abundance.
This is the way God governs the nations; this is how he gives us enough food.
It is by these that he judges the nations and supplies food in abundance.
"For by these [mighty acts] He judges the peoples; He gives food in abundance.
"For by them He judges peoples; He gives food in abundance.
For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance.
For thereby hee iudgeth the people, and giueth meate abundantly.
For by these He judges peoples;He gives food in abundance.
For by these He judges the nations and provides food in abundance.
By producing such rainstorms, God rules the world and provides us with food.
By these things he judges the people and also gives food in plenty.
For with them he judgeth the peoples; he giveth food in abundance.
He uses them to control the nations and to give them plenty of food.
For by these he judges the people; and he gives food to many.
This is how he feeds the people and provides an abundance of food.
Indeed, he judges people by them; he gives food in abundance.
For He judges the people by them; He gives plenty of food.
By these thinges gouerneth he his people, and geueth the abundaunce of meate.
For by these he judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance.
For by these He judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance.
For by them iudgeth he the people, he giueth meate in abundance.
For by these gouerneth he his people, and geueth them aboundance of meate.
For by them he will judge the nations: he will give food to him that has strength.
For by these he judgeth the peoples; he giveth meat in abundance.
the herris of the see. For bi these thingis he demeth puplis, and yyueth mete to many deedli men.
For by these he judges the peoples; He gives food in abundance.
For by them he judgeth the people; he giveth food in abundance.
For by these He judges the peoples; He gives food in abundance.
By these mighty acts he nourishes the people, giving them food in abundance.
For by these He judges the people and He gives much food.
For by these he governs peoples; he gives food in abundance.
For, by those things, he executeth judgment on peoples, He giveth food in abundance:
For by these he judgeth people, and giveth food to many mortals.
For by these he judges peoples; he gives food in abundance.
For by them He doth judge peoples, He giveth food in abundance.
"For by these He judges peoples; He gives food in abundance.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
by: Job 37:13, Job 38:22, Job 38:23, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:17-24, Genesis 19:24, Exodus 9:23-25, Deuteronomy 8:2, Deuteronomy 8:15, Joshua 10:11, 1 Samuel 2:10, 1 Samuel 7:10, 1 Samuel 12:18
he giveth: Job 38:26, Job 38:27, Psalms 65:9-13, Psalms 104:13-15, Psalms 104:27, Psalms 104:28, Psalms 136:25, Acts 14:17
Reciprocal: Genesis 1:29 - to you
Cross-References
I will make you very fertile, so that nations will come from you and kings will be your offspring.
And I will give her a blessing so that you will have a son by her: truly my blessing will be on her, and she will be the mother of nations: kings of peoples will be her offspring.
And the Lord said to her, Two nations are in your body, and two peoples will come to birth from you: the one will be stronger than the other, and the older will be the servant of the younger.
And these are the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon: she was the mother of Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
And these are the sons of Esau's son Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, Mizzah: these were the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom, the children of Esau's wife Basemath.
And these are the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah: these were the chiefs who came from Esau's wife Oholibamah, daughter of Anah.
These are the sons of Seir the Horite who were living in that country; Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
Magdiel, Iram; these are the Edomite chiefs, in their places in their heritage; this is Esau, the father of the Edomites.
Then Moses sent men from Kadesh to the king of Edom to say to him, Your brother Israel says, You have knowledge of all the things we have been through;
And there was a king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel came together.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For by them judgeth he the people,.... That is, by the clouds; which the Lord uses both in a way of judgment, as expressed in this clause; and in a way of mercy, as in the following; by these, and what issue out of them, as rain, hail, winds, thunder, and lightning, he sometimes punishes the inhabitants of the earth, as he did the old world by a deluge of water, which came partly from the fountains of the great deep, and partly from the windows of heaven, which destroyed man and beast, and the increase of the earth, Genesis 7:11; he punished the Egyptians by a violent storm of hail, Exodus 9:23; and slew many of the Canaanites with hailstones, Joshua 10:11; Pharaoh and his host sunk like lead when he blew with his wind, Exodus 15:10; and Sodom and Gomorrah, with the cities of the plain, were destroyed with thunder and lightning, fire and brimstone, from heaven, Genesis 19:24; as the army of the Philistines were discomfited by thunder in the times of Samuel, 1 Samuel 7:10; and the captains of fifties, with their men, were consumed by lightning in the times of Elijah, 2 Kings 1:14; and as the heavens and the earth will be burnt with fire at the end of all things, Matthew 13:40 2 Peter 3:12;
he giveth meat in abundance; very plentifully, or to a multitude of creatures, both men and cattle; who have a liberal supply of food by means of the clouds and rain, which falling upon the earth make it fruitful, so that it gives bread to the eater, and seed to the sower; causes grass to grow up for the beasts of the field, and produces bread corn, oil, and wine, for the benefit of men; an emblem of the variety and plenty of spiritual food dispensed to the churches of Christ, through the ministry of the word, and by the ministers of it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For by them judgeth he the people - By means of the clouds, the rain, the dew, the tempest, and the thunderbolt. The idea seems to be, that he makes use of all these to execute his purposes on mankind. He can either make them the means of imparting blessings, or of inflicting the severest, judgments. He can cause the tornado to sweep over the earth; he can arm the forked lightning against the works of art; he can withhold rain and dew, and spread over a land the miseries of famine.
He giveth meat in abundance - That is, by the clouds, the dew, the rain. The idea is, that he can send timely showers if he chooses, and the earth will be clothed with plenty. All these things are under his control, and he can, as he pleases, make them the means of comfort to man, or of punishing him for his sins; compare Psalms 65:11-13.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 36:31. By them judgeth he the people — He makes storms, tempests, winds, hurricanes, tornadoes, thunder and lightning, drought and inundation, the instruments of his justice, to punish rebellious nations.
He giveth meat in abundance. — Though by these he punishes offenders, yet through the same, as instruments, he provides for the wants of men and animals in general. Storms, tempests, and hurricanes, agitate the lower regions of the atmosphere, disperse noxious vapours, and thus render it fit for respiration; and without these it would soon become a stagnant, putrid, and deadly mass, in which neither animals could live, nor vegetables thrive. And by dews, rains, snows, frosts, winds, cold, and heat, he fructifies the earth, and causes it to bring forth abundantly, so that every thing living is filled with plenteousness.
Some critics translate this latter clause thus: - He passeth sentence amain. I cannot see this meaning in the original words. Not one of the versions has so understood them; nor does this translation, supposing even that the Hebrew would bear it, give so fine and so elegant an idea as that of the common version. I always feel reluctant to give a sense in any case that is not supported in some of its parts by any of the ancient versions, and more especially when it is contrary to the whole of them; and still more particularly when opposed to the Arabic, which in the Book of Job, containing so many Arabisms, I consider to be of very great importance.
