Job 38:25
23 which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?
24 In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?
Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,
26 to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,
27 to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,
- KJV
- Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
- WEB
- Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm,
- ASV
- Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder;
- DARBY
- Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder's flash;
- BLB
- Who has divided out a channel for the flood, or a path for the lightning of the thunderings,
- ÅB
- Hvem har åpnet renner for regnskyllet og vei for lynstrålen
- OTB
- Hvem har laget en kanal for regnskyllene,
og en vei for tordenskyen, - B1930
- Hvem har åpnet renner for regnskyllet og vei for lynstrålen
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 28:26
when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,
Read in contextPsalms 29:3–10
The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters.
Read in contextJob 36:27–28
For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,
Read in contextJob 37:3–6
He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.
Read in context