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Job 38:24

By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

KJV

Per quam viam spargitur lux, dividitur æstus super terram ?

Vulgate

πόθεν δὲ ἐκπορεύεται πάχνη, ἢ διασκεδάννυται νότος εἰς τὴν ὑπ’ οὐρανόν;

LXX

By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?

ASV

אֵי זֶ֣ה הַ֭/דֶּרֶךְ יֵחָ֣לֶק א֑וֹר יָפֵ֖ץ קָדִ֣ים עֲלֵי אָֽרֶץ

Hebrew

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Symbols Wind

In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א֣וֹר
'vr
noun · 120×
אֵי
'y
pronoun · 38×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
ה
h
noun · 69×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
ם
m
verb · 64×
ם
m
verb · 68×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Job 38:12 — 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
  • Matt 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.