Job 36:31
Good News Translation
This is how he feeds the people and provides an abundance of food.

New Revised Standard Version
For by these he governs peoples; he gives food in abundance.

Contemporary English Version
By producing such rainstorms, God rules the world and provides us with food.

New American Bible
For by these he judges the nations, and gives food in abundance.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For by these he judgeth people, and giveth food to many mortals.

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For by these he judgeth people, and giveth food to many mortals.

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Job 37:13 Whether in one tribe, or in his own land, or in what place soever of his mercy he shall command them to be found.

Job 38:22,23 Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, or hast thou beheld the treasures of the hail: . . .

Genesis 6:17 Behold, I will bring the waters of a great flood upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life under heaven. All things that are in the earth shall be consumed.

Genesis 7:17-24 And the flood was forty days upon the earth: and the waters increased, and lifted up the ark on high from the earth. . . .

Genesis 19:24 And the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrha brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.

Exodus 9:23-25 And Moses stretched forth his rod towards heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightnings running along the ground: and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt. . . .

Deuteronomy 8:2,15 And thou shalt remember all the way through which the Lord thy God hath brought thee for forty years through the desert, to afflict thee and to prove thee, and that the things that were known in thy heart might be made known, whether thou wouldst keep his commandments or no. . . .

Joshua 10:11 And when they were fleeing from the children of Israel, and were in the descent of Bethoron, the Lord cast down upon them great stones from heaven, as far as Azeca: and many more were killed with the hailstones, than were slain by the swords of the children of Israel,

1 Samuel 2:10 The adversaries of the Lord shall fear him: and upon them shall he thunder in the heavens: The Lord shall judge the ends of the earth, and he shall give empire to his king, and shall exalt the horn of his Christ.

1 Samuel 7:10 And it came to pass, when Samuel was offering the holocaust, the Philistines began the battle against Israel: but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and terrified them, and they were overthrown before the face of Israel.

1 Samuel 12:18 And Samuel cried unto the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day.

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Job 38:26,27 That it should rain on the earth without man in the wilderness, where no mortal dwelleth: . . .

Psalm 65:9-13 Thou hast visited the earth, and hast plentifully watered it; thou hast many ways enriched it. The river of God is filled with water, thou hast prepared their food: for so is its preparation. . . .

Psalm 104:13-15,27,28 Thou waterest the hills from thy upper rooms: the earth shall be filled with the fruit of thy works: . . .

Psalm 136:25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Acts 14:17 Nevertheless he left not himself without testimony, doing good from heaven, giving rains and fruitful Seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

Context
Elihu Declares God's Justice and Power
30And lighten with his light from above, he shall cover also the ends of the sea. 31For by these he judgeth people, and giveth food to many mortals.32In his hands he hideth the light, and commandeth it to come again.…
Cross References
Acts 14:17
Nevertheless he left not himself without testimony, doing good from heaven, giving rains and fruitful Seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

Job 36:30
And lighten with his light from above, he shall cover also the ends of the sea.

Job 37:13
Whether in one tribe, or in his own land, or in what place soever of his mercy he shall command them to be found.

Psalm 104:27
All expect of thee that thou give them food in season.

Psalm 136:25
Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Job 36:30
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