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Job 28:26

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

KJV

Quando ponebat pluviis legem, et viam procellis sonantibus :

Vulgate

ὅτε ἐποίησεν· οὕτως ἰδὼν ἠρίθμησεν, καὶ ὁδὸν ἐν τινάγματι φωνάς.

LXX

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

ASV

בַּ/עֲשֹׂת֣/וֹ לַ/מָּטָ֣ר חֹ֑ק וְ֝/דֶ֗רֶךְ לַ/חֲזִ֥יז קֹלֽוֹת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
חֲזִ֥יז
chzyz
noun · 3×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
ךָ
k
noun · 126×
מָטָ֖ר
mtr
noun · 38×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Job 5:10 — Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
  • Job 37:3 — He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
  • Job 38:25 — Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
  • Job 38:25 — Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
  • Prov 8:22 — The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
  • Zech 10:1 — Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.