Job 38:24
In what direction is lightning dispersed, or the east winds scattered over the earth?
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Referenced Verses
- Job 38:12-13 : 12 Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or made the dawn know its place, 13 that it might seize the corners of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?
- Jonah 4:8 : 8 When the sun began to shine, God sent a hot east wind. So the sun beat down on Jonah’s head, and he grew faint. So he despaired of life, and said,“I would rather die than live!”
- Matt 24:27 : 27 For just like the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.
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- Job 38:25-262 verses87%
25Who carves out a channel for the heavy rains, and a path for the rumble of thunder,
26to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, a wilderness where there are no human beings,
- Job 38:18-203 verses82%
18Have you considered the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know it all!
19“In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place,
20that you may take them to their borders and perceive the pathways to their homes?
- Job 38:22-232 verses79%
22Have you entered the storehouse of the snow, or seen the armory of the hail,
23which I reserve for the time of trouble, for the day of war and battle?
- Job 37:21-222 verses78%
21But now, the sun cannot be looked at– it is bright in the skies– after a wind passed and swept the clouds away.
22From the north he comes in golden splendor; around God is awesome majesty.
- Job 37:15-184 verses77%
15Do you know how God commands them, how he makes lightning flash in his storm cloud?
16Do you know about the balancing of the clouds, that wondrous activity of him who is perfect in knowledge?
17You, whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind,
18will you, with him, spread out the clouds, solid as a mirror of molten metal?
- Job 37:9-113 verses77%
9A tempest blows out from its chamber, icy cold from the driving winds.
10The breath of God produces ice, and the breadth of the waters freeze solid.
11He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through the clouds.
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8When you summon her for divorce, you prosecute her; he drives her away with his strong wind in the day of the east wind.
- Job 38:33-386 verses76%
33Do you know the laws of the heavens, or can you set up their rule over the earth?
34Can you raise your voice to the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?
35Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go? Will they say to you,‘Here we are’?
36Who has put wisdom in the heart, or has imparted understanding to the mind?
37Who by wisdom can count the clouds, and who can tip over the water jars of heaven,
38when the dust hardens into a mass, and the clumps of earth stick together?
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32With his hands he covers the lightning, and directs it against its target.
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7He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth, makes lightning bolts accompany the rain, and brings the wind out of his storehouses.
- Job 36:29-302 verses75%
29Who can understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?
30See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea.
- Job 38:12-132 verses75%
12Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or made the dawn know its place,
13that it might seize the corners of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?
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16When his voice thunders, the waters in the heavens roar. He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain. He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it.
- Job 28:25-262 verses74%
25When he made the force of the wind and measured the waters with a gauge,
26when he imposed a limit for the rain, and a path for the thunderstorm,
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21The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
- Job 38:28-292 verses74%
28Does the rain have a father, or who has fathered the drops of the dew?
29From whose womb does the ice emerge, and the frost from the sky, who gives birth to it,
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13When his voice thunders, the heavenly ocean roars. He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain. He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it.
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3Under the whole heaven he lets it go, even his lightning to the far corners of the earth.
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14Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! How faint is the whisper we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?”
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23Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, and whom God has hedged in?
- Job 38:8-103 verses73%
8“Who shut up the sea with doors when it burst forth, coming out of the womb,
9when I made the storm clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,
10when I prescribed its limits, and set in place its bolts and doors,
- Job 38:1-22 verses73%
1VI. The Divine Speeches(38:1-42:6)The Lord’s First Speech Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:
2“Who is this who darkens counsel with words without knowledge?
- Job 38:15-162 verses73%
15Then from the wicked the light is withheld, and the arm raised in violence is broken.
16Have you gone to the springs that fill the sea, or walked about in the recesses of the deep?
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4God’s questions to Job“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding!
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11He has searched the sources of the rivers and what was hidden he has brought into the light.
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3Can his armies be numbered? On whom does his light not rise?
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26He brought the east wind through the sky, and by his strength led forth the south wind.