Job 38:25

Translations

Modern

Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,

Traditional

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

Literal

Who has divided out a channel for the flood, or a path for the lightning of the thunderings,

Latin

Quis dedit vehementissimo imbri cursum, et viam sonantis tonitrui,

Original

Hebrew

English

Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,

Notes

Job 38:24–27

The east wind blows from the desert, drying up crops and seas (Genesis 41:6, 23, 27; Jeremiah 4:11; Jonah 4:8; Exodus 14:21; Isaiah 11:15). It is not like the heavy rain that causes floods.
Helpful rain quenches a barren land (Psalms 104:10–11; 107:35; Isaiah 35:7; 58:11). This contrasts with both hot winds and flooding rains (Job 38:24, 25).

Job 38:1–40:5

God challenges Job. Job admits he cannot judge the moral world. God shows Job's ignorance of the natural world's elements related to the realm of heaven, weather, animals, and birds (38:4–21; 22–38; 39–39:30).

Theme notes and profiles

Complaints God’s Uniqueness

Events

Job's Trial

Related verses

Job 28:26
…when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,
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.
Job 37:3–6
He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.
Job 36:27–28
For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,

Glossary

Book of Job Conduit Peleg Proverbs, Book of Wisdom Literature

Topics

Blessing: Temporal, from God God: Creator God: Providence of God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Lightning: General Scriptures Concerning Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena: General Scriptures Concerning

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