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Job 38:25
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Who cuts a channel for the flooding rainor clears the way for lightning,
Who has cut a channel for the flood water, Or the path for the thunderstorm;
Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
"Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain and a way for the thunderbolt,
Who cuts a waterway for the heavy rains and sets a path for the thunderstorm?
Who carves out a channel for the heavy rains, and a path for the rumble of thunder,
"Who has prepared a channel for the torrents of rain and for the flood, Or a path for the thunderbolt,
"Who has split open a channel for the flood, And a way for the thunderbolt,
Who has cut a channel for the flood water, Or the path for the thunderstorm;
Who hath deuided the spowtes for the raine? or the way for the lightning of ye thunders,
"Who has cleft a conduit for the flood,Or a way for the thunderbolt,
Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,
Who carves out a path for thunderstorms? Who sends torrents of rain
Who cut a channel for the downpours, or a way for the lightning and thunder,
Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder's flash;
Who dug ditches in the sky for the heavy rain? Who made a path for the thunderstorm?
Who causes a flash of lightning and a clap of thunder?
Who dug a channel for the pouring rain and cleared the way for the thunderstorm?
"Who has cut open a channel for the torrents and a way for the thunder bolts,
Who has cut a channel for the flood; or a way for the thunderclaps,
Who deuydeth the abundauce of waters in to ryuers, or who maketh a waye for the stormy wether,
Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder;
By whom has the way been cut for the flowing of the rain, and the flaming of the thunder;
Who hath diuided a water-course for the ouerflowing of waters? Or a way for the lightning of thunder,
Who deuideth the waters into diuers chanels? or who maketh a way for the lightening and thunder,
And who prepared a course for the violent rain, and a way for the thunders;
Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, or a way for the lightning of the thunder;
Who yaf cours to the strongeste reyn,
Who has cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder;
Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
"Who has divided a channel for the overflowing water, Or a path for the thunderbolt,
"Who created a channel for the torrents of rain? Who laid out the path for the lightning?
"Who has cut open a way for the flood, and a path for the thunderstorm?
"Who has cut a channel for the torrents of rain, and a way for the thunderbolt,
Who hath cloven - for the torrent - a channel? Or a way for the lightning of thunders;
Who gave a course to violent showers, or a way for noisy thunder:
"Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain, and a way for the thunderbolt,
Who hath divided for the flood a conduit? And a way for the lightning of the voices?
"Who has cleft a channel for the flood, Or a way for the thunderbolt,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Job 28:26, Job 36:27, Job 36:28, Job 37:3-6, Psalms 29:3-10
Reciprocal: Exodus 19:16 - thunders Leviticus 26:4 - Then I Job 36:30 - he Job 37:15 - the light Job 37:21 - General Psalms 29:10 - sitteth Psalms 104:13 - watereth Jeremiah 10:13 - maketh
Cross-References
and they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said: 'This have we found. Know now whether it is thy son's coat or not.'
And he said: 'What pledge shall I give thee?' And she said: 'Thy signet and thy cord, and thy staff that is in thy hand.' And he gave them to her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
These things hast thou done, and should I have kept silence? Thou hadst thought that I was altogether such a one as thyself;
As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets;
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters,.... For a very large shower of rain, as the Vulgate Latin version: for this is not to be understood of an aqueduct, channel, or canal made on earth, either for the draining of waters off of land overflowed thereby, or for the conveyance of it to different parts to overflow it; such as were cut out of the Nile in Egypt, for the overflowing of the land, to make it fruitful; such may be and have been made by men: but of a watercourse in the air or atmosphere, as a canal or channel, for the rain to come down upon the earth; and this is the work of God, and him only, who directs and steers the course of rain, that it falls regularly and gently, not in spouts and floods, but in drops larger or lesser, on what spot of ground, or part of the earth, he pleases: and if what Jarchi says true, that every drop has its course, its canal, through which it passes, it is still more wonderful;
or a way for the lightning of thunder: which generally go together, and are of God. His fire and voice, and for which he makes a way, by which they burst and break forth out of the cloud, and their course is directed by him under the whole heavens; see Job 28:26. So the Gospel, compared to rain and lightning, has its direction and its course steered to what part of the world, he pleases; see Psalms 19:4.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Who hath divided a water-course for the overflowing of waters - That is, for the waters that flow down from the clouds. The idea seems to be this, that the waters of heaven, instead of pouring down in floods, or all coming down together, seemed to flow in certain canals formed for them; as if they had been cut out through the clouds for that purpose. The causes of rain, the manner in which water was suspended in the clouds, and the reasons why the rain did not come down altogether in floods, early attracted attention, and gave occasion to investigation. The subject is more than once referred to in this book; see the notes at Job 26:8.
Or a way for the lightning of thunder - For the thunder-flash. The idea is this: a path seems to be opened in the dark cloud for the passage of the flash of lightning. How such a path was made, by what agency or by what laws, was the question proposed for inquiry. The lightning seemed at once to burst through the dark cloud where there was no opening and no sign of a path before, and pursue its zig-zag journey as if all obstructions were removed, and it passed over a beaten path. The question is, who could have traced out this path for the thunder-flash to go in? Who could do it but the Almighty? And still, with all the light that science has cast on the subject, we may repeat the question.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 38:25. Divided a water-course — The original תעלה tealah, from עלה alah, to ascend, may signify rather a cloud, or clouds in general, where the waters are stored up. I cannot see how the overflowings or torrents of water can be said to ascend any other way than by evaporation; and it is by this Divine contrivance that the earth is not only irrigated, but even dried; and by this means too much moisture is not permitted to lie upon the ground, which would not only be injurious to vegetation, but even destroy it. But query, may not a waterspout be intended?
A way for the lightning of thunder — "A path for the bolt of thunder." God is represented as directing the course even of the lightning; he launches the bolt, and makes the path in which it is to run. To grasp, manage, and dart the thunderbolt or lightning, was a work which heathenism gave to Jupiter, its supreme god. None of the inferior deities were capable of this. But who can thunder with a voice like the Almighty? He is THE THUNDERER.
