Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
{when he made} a rule for the rain and a way for [the] thunder's lightning bolt,
New American Standard Bible
And a course for the
King James Version
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
Holman Bible
and a path for the lightning,
International Standard Version
He set in place ordinances for the rain; and determined the pathway for thunder that accompanies lightning.
A Conservative Version
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;
Amplified
When He made a limit for the rain
And a way for the thunderbolt,
Bible in Basic English
When he made a law for the rain, and a way for the thunder-flames;
Darby Translation
In appointing a statute for the rain, and a way for the thunder's flash:
Julia Smith Translation
In his making a law for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the voices.
King James 2000
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
Modern King James verseion
When He made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning to thunder;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When he set the rain in order, and gave the mighty floods a law;
NET Bible
When he imposed a limit for the rain, and a path for the thunderstorm,
New Heart English Bible
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder;
The Emphasized Bible
When he made, for the rain, a decree, and a way for the lightning of thunders,
Webster
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;
Youngs Literal Translation
In His making for the rain a limit, And a way for the brightness of the voices,
Themes
divine Call » For worship of God » Wisdom's
Christ » Vine name applied to » Wisdom of
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Interlinear
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 28:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Discourse On Wisdom
25 {When he gave} weight to the wind and he apportioned [the] waters by measure, 26 {when he made} a rule for the rain and a way for [the] thunder's lightning bolt, 27 then he saw it and talked about it; he established it, and moreover, he explored it.
Names
Cross References
Job 38:25
"Who has cut open a channel for the torrents and a way for [the] {thunder bolts},
Job 37:3
He lets it loose under all the heavens, and his lightning to the earth's corners.
Job 36:26
"Look, God [is] exalted, and we do not know [him]; the number of his years is unsearchable.
Job 36:32
He covers [his] hands [with] lightning, and he commands it the place at [which] to strike.
Job 37:11
Also, he loads down thick clouds with moisture; his lightning scatters [the] clouds.
Job 38:27
to satisfy desert and wasteland, and to cause [the ground] to put forth [the] rising of grass?
Psalm 29:3-10
The voice of Yahweh [is] over the waters; the God of glory thunders. Yahweh [is] over many waters.
Psalm 148:8
fire and hail, snow and cloud, stormy wind doing his bidding,
Jeremiah 14:22
Are there [any] among the idols of the nation [who] cause rain to pour? Or can the heavens give showers? [Is] it not you, Yahweh our God? Therefore, we hope in you, for you do all these [things].
Amos 4:7
"And I also withheld the rain from you when [there were] still three months to the harvest. And I would send rain on one city and send no rain on another city. One tract of land will be rained on, and [the] tract of land {on which it does not rain} will dry up.
Zechariah 10:1
Ask rain from Yahweh in the season of [the] spring rain-- Yahweh, who makes storm clouds, and he gives showers of rain to them, to everyone vegetation in the field.