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And also I have withholden the rain from you, when [there were] yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.

And also I have withholden {H4513} the rain {H1653} from you, when there were yet three {H7969} months {H2320} to the harvest {H7105}: and I caused it to rain {H4305} upon one {H259} city {H5892}, and caused it not to rain {H4305} upon another {H259} city {H5892}: one {H259} piece {H2513} was rained {H4305} upon, and the piece {H2513} whereupon it rained {H4305} not withered {H3001}.

"I withheld the rain from you three months before the harvest. I made it rain on one city and not on another - one field had rain, while another with no rain dried up;

“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.

And I also have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 9:26 (6 votes)

    Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel [were], was there no hail.

  • Jeremiah 3:3 (6 votes)

    Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

  • Isaiah 5:6 (4 votes)

    And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

  • 2 Chronicles 7:13 (4 votes)

    If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

  • 2 Chronicles 7:14 (4 votes)

    If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

  • Exodus 9:4 (3 votes)

    And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all [that is] the children's of Israel.

  • James 5:17 (3 votes)

    Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.