Job 28:26 “when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,”

Job 28:26

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder;

Geneva Bible 1599

When he made a decree for the rayne, and a way for the lightening of the thunders,

Darby Translation

In appointing a statute for the rain, and a way for the thunder's flash:

Young's Literal Translation

In His making for the rain a limit, And a way for the brightness of the voices,

Bible in Basic English

When he made a law for the rain, and a way for the thunder-flames;

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Cross references

“he made”

Job 38:25 Zechariah 10:1 Job 36:26 Job 36:32 Psalm 148:8 Jeremiah 14:22

Job 38:25 · BSB

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

Zechariah 10:1 · BSB

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.

Job 36:26 · BSB

Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.

Job 36:32 · BSB

He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.

Psalm 148:8 · BSB

lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,

Jeremiah 14:22 · BSB

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.

“a way”

Job 37:3 Psalm 29:3–10

Job 37:3 · BSB

He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.

Psalm 29:3–10 · BSB

The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters.

Also

Job 37:11 Job 38:27

Job 37:11 · BSB

He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.

Job 38:27 · BSB

to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

25When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,

27then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.

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