Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed, or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth? New Living Translation Where is the path to the source of light? Where is the home of the east wind? English Standard Version What is the way to the place where the light is distributed, or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth? Berean Standard Bible In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth? King James Bible By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth? New King James Version By what way is light diffused, Or the east wind scattered over the earth? New American Standard Bible “Where is the way that the light is divided, And the east wind scattered on the earth? NASB 1995 “Where is the way that the light is divided, Or the east wind scattered on the earth? NASB 1977 “Where is the way that the light is divided, Or the east wind scattered on the earth? Legacy Standard Bible Where is the way that the light is divided, Or the east wind scattered on the earth? Amplified Bible “Where is the way that the light is distributed, Or the east wind scattered over the earth? Christian Standard Bible What road leads to the place where light is dispersed? Where is the source of the east wind that spreads across the earth? Holman Christian Standard Bible What road leads to the place where light is dispersed? Where is the source of the east wind that spreads across the earth? American Standard Version By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth? Contemporary English Version From where does lightning leap, or the east wind blow? English Revised Version By what way is the light parted, or the east wind scattered upon the earth? GOD'S WORD® Translation Which is the way to the place where light is scattered and the east wind is spread across the earth? Good News Translation Have you been to the place where the sun comes up, or the place from which the east wind blows? International Standard Version Where is the lightning diffused or the east wind scattered around the earth? Majority Standard Bible In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth? NET Bible In what direction is lightning dispersed, or the east winds scattered over the earth? New Heart English Bible By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth? Webster's Bible Translation By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth? World English Bible By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionWhere [is] this, the way light is apportioned? It scatters an east wind over the earth. Young's Literal Translation Where is this, the way light is apportioned? It scattereth an east wind over the earth. Smith's Literal Translation Where that way the light will divide, it will scatter the east wind upon the earth? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBy what way is the light spread, and heat divided upon the earth? Catholic Public Domain Version In what way is the light scattered, and the heat distributed, over the earth? New American Bible What is the way to the parting of the winds, where the east wind spreads over the earth? New Revised Standard Version What is the way to the place where the light is distributed, or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleOr in what manner is light distributed, and whence the wind comes forth upon the earth? Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Or by which path is the light divided and the wind goes out on the Earth? OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth? Brenton Septuagint Translation And whence proceeds the frost? or whence is the south wind dispersed over the whole world under heaven? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God Challenges Job…23which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle? 24In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth? 25Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,… Cross References Psalm 147:18 He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow. Psalm 135:7 He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses. Jeremiah 10:13 When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses. Jeremiah 51:16 When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses. Proverbs 30:4 Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know! Isaiah 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. Isaiah 55:9-11 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. / For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, / so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it. Amos 4:13 For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth—the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.” Ecclesiastes 1:6-7 The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course. / All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow. Genesis 1:6-7 And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.” / So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so. Genesis 8:22 As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.” Matthew 5:45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. Luke 8:25 “Where is your faith?” He asked. Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!” Mark 4:39-41 Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm. / “Why are you so afraid?” He asked. “Do you still have no faith?” / Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?” John 3:8 The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” Treasury of Scripture By what way is the light parted, which scatters the east wind on the earth? Job 38:12,13 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; … Jonah 4:8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. Matthew 24:27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Jump to Previous Apportioned Dispersed Distributed Divided Earth East Lightning Measured Parted Scattered Scattereth Way Wind WindsJump to Next Apportioned Dispersed Distributed Divided Earth East Lightning Measured Parted Scattered Scattereth Way Wind WindsJob 38 1. God challenges Job to answer4. God, by his mighty works, convinces Job of ignorance 31. and weakness In which direction The phrase "in which direction" invites us to consider the divine orchestration of natural phenomena. The Hebrew root here, "derekh," often signifies a path or way, suggesting intentionality and purpose. In the context of Job, God is challenging Job to recognize His sovereignty and wisdom in the natural order. This phrase reminds us that God's ways are higher than ours, and His understanding surpasses human comprehension. is the lightning dispersed or the east wind scattered over the earth The east wind.--As naturally suggested by the origin of light and the mention of it. Verse 24. - By what way is the light parted? or, distributed, so as to be enjoyed by all the inhabitants of the earth (Stanley Loathes). Which scattereth, etc.; rather, or by what way is the east wind scattered over the earth? (see the Revised Version) Job is asked to explain God's modus operandi in nature, which, of course, he cannot do. Hence his answer in Job 40:5.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew In whichאֵי־ (’ê-) Interrogative Strong's 335: Where?, how? direction הַ֭דֶּרֶךְ (had·de·reḵ) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action is the lightning א֑וֹר (’ō·wr) Noun - common singular Strong's 216: Illumination, luminary dispersed, יֵחָ֣לֶק (yê·ḥā·leq) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2505: To be smooth, to apportion, separate or the east wind קָדִ֣ים (qā·ḏîm) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6921: The fore, front part, the East scattered יָפֵ֖ץ (yā·p̄êṣ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular Strong's 6327: To be dispersed or scattered over עֲלֵי־ (‘ă·lê-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the earth? אָֽרֶץ׃ (’ā·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land Links Job 38:24 NIVJob 38:24 NLT Job 38:24 ESV Job 38:24 NASB Job 38:24 KJV Job 38:24 BibleApps.com Job 38:24 Biblia Paralela Job 38:24 Chinese Bible Job 38:24 French Bible Job 38:24 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 38:24 By what way is the lightning distributed (Jb) |
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