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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,
If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
If I shut up the heavens so that no rain falls, or if I command locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence and plague among My people,
If I shut up heaven so no rain falls, or if I command locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people,
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;
If I shut the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the grasshopper to consume the land, or if I send pestilence on my people,
When I close the sky so that there is no rain or I order the locusts to consume the land or I send a plague against my people,
If I shut up the sky, so that there is no rain; or if I order locusts to devour the land; or if I send an epidemic of sickness among my people;
Suppose I hold back the rain or send locusts to eat the crops or make my people suffer with deadly diseases.
If I shut up the heavens that there be no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
If I shut up heaven, and there fall no rain, or if I give orders, and command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people:
When I close the sky so that there is no rain, or command the locusts to destroy the land, or send sicknesses to my people
Sometimes I may stop the rain falling from the sky. I may send locusts to destroy your crops. Or I may send a bad disease to hurt my people.
When I close up the sky and there is no rain, or I command locusts to eat up the land, or I send a plague on my people,
When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people,
When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people,
“·I may [L If I…] ·stop the sky [shut the heavens] from sending rain. ·I may [L …or if I…] command the locusts to ·destroy [devour] the land. ·I may [L …or if I…] send ·sicknesses [plague; pestilence] to my people.
If I shut the heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the grasshopper to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people,
I may shut the sky so that there is no rain, or command grasshoppers to devour the countryside, or send an epidemic among my people.
Whenever I hold back the rain or send locusts to eat up the crops or send an epidemic on my people,
If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the grasshopper to consume the land, or if I send pestilence on My people,
“I may stop the sky from sending rain. I may command the locusts to destroy the land. I may send sicknesses to my people.
Whenever I close the skies so there is no rain, or whenever I command locusts to lay waste to the land, or whenever I send epidemics among my people,
If I shut up the heavens that there be no rain or if I command the locusts to devour the land or if I send pestilence among my people;
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;
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;
If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the grasshopper to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people,
When I hold back the heavens so that there is not rain, and when I command the locust to devour the earth, and if I send disease among my people,
If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust swarms to eat up all of your crops, or if I send an epidemic among you,
God appeared to Solomon that very night and said, “I accept your prayer; yes, I have chosen this place as a temple for sacrifice, a house of worship. If I ever shut off the supply of rain from the skies or order the locusts to eat the crops or send a plague on my people, and my people, my God-defined people, respond by humbling themselves, praying, seeking my presence, and turning their backs on their wicked lives, I’ll be there ready for you: I’ll listen from heaven, forgive their sins, and restore their land to health. From now on I’m alert day and night to the prayers offered at this place. Believe me, I’ve chosen and sanctified this Temple that you have built: My Name is stamped on it forever; my eyes are on it and my heart in it always. As for you, if you live in my presence as your father David lived, pure in heart and action, living the life I’ve set out for you, attentively obedient to my guidance and judgments, then I’ll back your kingly rule over Israel—make it a sure thing on a sure foundation. The same covenant guarantee I gave to David your father I’m giving to you, namely, ‘You can count on always having a descendant on Israel’s throne.’
“When I shut up the heaven and there is no rain, or when I command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence on My people,
I may shut the sky so that there is no rain, or command grasshoppers to devour the countryside, or send an epidemic among my people.
If I close heaven so that there is no rain, if I command the locust to devour the land, if I send pestilence among my people,
If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,
If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people,
When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send a pestilence to overcome my people,
“I may stop the sky from sending rain. I may command the locusts to destroy the land. I may send sicknesses to my people.
When I close up the sky so that it doesn’t rain, or command locusts to devour the land’s vegetation, or send a plague among my people,
“Suppose I close up the sky and there isn’t any rain. Suppose I command locusts to eat up the crops. And I send a plague among my people.
“When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people,
‘When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people,
When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people,
If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, and if I tell the locust to destroy the land, or send disease upon My people,
At times I might shut up the heavens so that no rain falls, or command grasshoppers to devour your crops, or send plagues among you.
When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people,
When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people,
When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people,
When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain or command the locust to devour the land or send pestilence among my people,
When I shut up Shomayim that there be no matar, or when I command the locusts to devour HaAretz, or when I send dever among Ami (My People)
When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people,
When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people,
If I shut up heaven that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people,
If I close up the heavens and their rain and send any of the disasters you described—drought, locusts, pestilence—to ravish the land and people;
“If I shut up the sky so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
If I close heaven, and rain cometh not down, and if I send, and command to the locust, that he devour the land, and if I send pestilence into my people; (And if I close up the heavens, and rain cometh not down, or if I command to the locusts, that they devour the land, or if I send pestilence into my people;)
If I restrain the heavens and there is no rain, and if I lay charge on the locust to consume the land, and if I send pestilence among My people --
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