Job 28:26

Translations

Modern

…when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,

Traditional

When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:

Literal

…in His making a limit for the rain, and a path for the flash of the thunders—

Latin

Quando ponebat pluviis legem, et viam procellis sonantibus:

Original

Hebrew

English

…when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,

Notes

Job 28:23–27

When God looks across the entire earth, he sees his wisdom in his creation (28:23). God later showed his wisdom to Job by taking him on a tour of the universe (chapters 38–41).

Job 28:1–28

This section is an isolated speech. There is no speaker listed, so it might continue from earlier words. Some see it as a creative summary by the author of Job. It emphasizes the limits of human wisdom and sets the stage for the Lord's speeches.

Theme notes and profiles

Wisdom

Events

Job's Trial

Related verses

Job 38:25
Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,
Job 37:3
He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.
Zechariah 10:1
Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.
Amos 4:7
“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.
Job 38:27
…to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?
Job 36:26
Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
Job 37:11
He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.
Job 36:32
He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
Psalm 148:8
…lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,
Psalm 29:3–10
The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters.
Jeremiah 14:22
Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.

Glossary

Book of Baruch Book of Job

Topics

God: Creator Lightning: General Scriptures Concerning Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena: General Scriptures Concerning Rain: God Made a Decree For Select Readings: Nature's Testimony Wisdom: Spiritual: Unclassified Scriptures Relating to

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