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Job 38:25

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

KJV

Quis dedit vehementissimo imbri cursum, et viam sonantis tonitrui,

Vulgate

τίς δὲ ἡτοίμασεν ὑετῷ λάβρῳ ῥύσιν, ὁδὸν δὲ κυδοιμῶν,

LXX

Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder;

ASV

מִֽי פִלַּ֣ג לַ/שֶּׁ֣טֶף תְּעָלָ֑ה וְ֝/דֶ֗רֶךְ לַ/חֲזִ֥יז קֹלֽוֹת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
חֲזִ֥יז
chzyz
noun · 3×
מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
נִפְלְגָ֣ה
nplgh
verb · 4×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×
שֶׁ֣טֶף
shtp
noun · 6×
תְּעָלָ֖ה
t'lh
noun · 11×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Exod 19:16 — And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that
  • Job 28:26 — When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
  • Job 28:26 — When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
  • Job 36:27 — For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
  • Lev 26:4 — Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
  • Ps 29:3 — The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.
  • Ps 29:10 — The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.
  • Ps 104:13 — He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.