Job 28:26

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 38:25 : 25 Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder;
  • Job 37:3 : 3 He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, And his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
  • Job 37:11 : 11 Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning:
  • Job 36:26 : 26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable.
  • Job 36:32 : 32 He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.
  • Job 38:27 : 27 To satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
  • Ps 29:3-9 : 3 The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: The God of glory thundereth, Even Jehovah upon many waters. 4 The voice of Jehovah is powerful; The voice of Jehovah is full of majesty. 5 The voice of Jehovah breaketh the cedars; Yea, Jehovah breaketh in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. 6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild-ox. 7 The voice of Jehovah cleaveth the flames of fire. 8 The voice of Jehovah shaketh the wilderness; Jehovah shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. 9 The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, And strippeth the forests bare: And in his temple everything saith, Glory. 10 Jehovah sat [as King] at the Flood; Yea, Jehovah sitteth as King for ever.
  • Ps 148:8 : 8 Fire and hail, snow and vapor; Stormy wind, fulfilling his word;
  • Jer 14:22 : 22 Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things.
  • Amos 4:7 : 7 And I also have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
  • Zech 10:1 : 1 Ask ye of Jehovah rain in the time of the latter rain, [even of] Jehovah that maketh lightnings; and he will give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

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  • Job 38:24-26
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    83%

    24By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?

    25Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder;

    26To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

  • Job 28:27
    80%

    27Then did he see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out.

  • Job 28:25
    80%

    25To make a weight for the wind: Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.

  • Jer 51:16
    79%

    16when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.

  • Jer 10:12-13
    2 verses
    78%

    12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:

    13when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.

  • Job 37:3-6
    4 verses
    78%

    3He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, And his lightning unto the ends of the earth.

    4After it a voice roareth; He thundereth with the voice of his majesty; And he restraineth not [the lightnings] when his voice is heard.

    5God thundereth marvellously with his voice; Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

    6For he saith to the snow, Fall thou on the earth; Likewise to the shower of rain, And to the showers of his mighty rain.

  • Job 36:32
    77%

    32He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.

  • Job 36:27-30
    4 verses
    77%

    27For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor,

    28Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.

    29Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?

    30Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea.

  • Prov 8:28-29
    2 verses
    77%

    28When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,

    29When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;

  • Ps 135:7
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    7Who causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; Who maketh lightnings for the rain; Who bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries;

  • Ps 77:17-18
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    17The clouds poured out water; The skies sent out a sound: Thine arrows also went abroad.

    18The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lightened the world: The earth trembled and shook.

  • Job 37:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15Dost thou know how God layeth [his charge] upon them, And causeth the lightning of his cloud to shine?

    16Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, The wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

  • Job 37:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning:

    12And it is turned round about by his guidance, That they may do whatsoever he commandeth them Upon the face of the habitable world,

  • Job 26:8-9
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    74%

    8He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.

    9He incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it.

  • Job 38:34-35
    2 verses
    73%

    34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?

    35Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?

  • Ps 97:4
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    4His lightnings lightened the world: The earth saw, and trembled.

  • 2 Sam 22:12
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    12And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

  • Job 22:28
    73%

    28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways.

  • Ps 148:8
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    8Fire and hail, snow and vapor; Stormy wind, fulfilling his word;

  • Ps 18:11-14
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    73%

    11He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

    12At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire.

    13Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.

    14And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.

  • Job 38:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,

    10And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,

  • Job 26:14
    72%

    14Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways: And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?

  • Ps 107:25
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    25For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, Which lifteth up the waves thereof.

  • 2 Sam 22:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14Jehovah thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered his voice.

    15And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; Lightning, and discomfited them.

  • Job 28:11
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    11He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

  • Job 26:12
    71%

    12He stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.

  • Job 41:32
    71%

    32He maketh a path to shine after him; One would think the deep to be hoary.

  • Job 22:14
    71%

    14Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven.

  • Job 37:22
    70%

    22Out of the north cometh golden splendor: God hath upon him terrible majesty.

  • Ps 104:3
    70%

    3Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; Who maketh the clouds his chariot; Who walketh upon the wings of the wind;