Job 38:25

Who hath divided off watercourses for the overflowing rain, and a way for the lightning [that is followed by] thunders,

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

In Context

24Where is the way [to the spot where] the light divideth itself, [where] the east wind is scattered over the earth?

26To bring rain on a land, void of men; on a wilderness wherein no son of earth [is found];

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Cross References

Job 28:26When he made a law for the rain, and a way for the lightning of [his] thunders;

Job 37:3Under the whole heavens he letteth it loose, and his lightning over the ends of the earth.

Psalms 135:7He causeth clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with the rain; he bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.

Matthew Henry on Job 38:13-25

Works of God. ( b. c. 1520.) 12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? 14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. 15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken. 16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? 17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee?… Read the whole commentary →

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