Verse Lens · Context pointer
Job 37:9 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 9. 9Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
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Role in This Section
Job 37:9 advances the thought unit with the words “Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.” Elihu states “Out of the south cometh the whirlwind” as one poetic claim in Snow, Rain, Wind, and Clouds Serve Varied Purposes.
Read It With
- Job 37:6–37:13
Read Job 37:9 with 37:6–37:13. Read alone, “Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north” could lose its speaker, the question or claim it develops, and the unit's outcome. The complete movement establishes: Elihu describes snow, rain, halted labor, sheltered beasts, winds, frost, and clouds moving for correction, land, or mercy.
Why It Needs Context
Job 37:9 depends on 37:6–37:13; isolating “Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north” would detach a poetic premise, image, response, or transition from Elihu and “Snow, Rain, Wind, and Clouds Serve Varied Purposes.”
Read Job 37:6–13 together
Why these verses belong together: Job 37:6–37:13 follows the pinned KJV paragraphing and holds together one sustained speech movement: “Snow, Rain, Wind, and Clouds Serve Varied Purposes.” The next unit begins with a new stanza, question sequence, scene, speaker response, or rhetorical turn.
Verse 6. 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.
Verse 7. 7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
Verse 8. 8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
Verse 9. 9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
Verse 10. 10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
Verse 11. 11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
Verse 12. 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.
Verse 13. 13 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
Continue in Context
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Read Job 37:6–37:13 — Snow, Rain, Wind, and Clouds Serve Varied PurposesSources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Job 37:6–37:13, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Job
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Job.xml, OSIS 37:6–37:13
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