Job 28:26

Job 28:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
• New International Version (NIV)when he made a decree for the rain and a path for the thunderstorm,
• English Standard Version (ESV)when he made a decree for the rain and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
• New King James Version (NKJV)When He made a law for the rain, And a path for the thunderbolt,

Context of Job 28:26

24For He looks to the ends of the earth And sees everything under the heavens. 25When He gave weight and pressure to the wind And allotted the waters by measure, When He made a limit for the rain And a way for the thunderbolt, 27Then He saw wisdom and declared it; He established it and searched it out. 28But to man He said, ‘Behold, the reverential and worshipful fear of the Lord—that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

Job 28:26 word by word

בַּעֲשֹׂת֣וֹ לַמָּטָ֣ר חֹ֑ק וְ֝דֶ֗רֶךְ לַחֲזִ֥יז קֹלֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• When he madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• a decreeחֹקchôq · statute: decreeH2706
• for the rainמָטַרmâţâr · rainH4306
• and a wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: journeyH1870
• for the lightningחֲזִיזchăzîyz · lightningH2385
• of the thunderקוֹלqôl qôl · voice: thunderH6963

Cross-references for Job 28:26

• Job 36:26Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him; The number of His years is unsearchable.
• Job 38:25“Who has prepared a channel for the torrents of rain and for the flood, Or a path for the thunderbolt,
• Psalms 148:8Lightning and hail, snow and fog; Stormy wind, fulfilling His orders;
• Jeremiah 14:22Are there any among the idols of the nations who can send rain? Or can the heavens [of their own will] give showers? Is it not You, O Lord our God? Therefore we will wait and hope [confidently] in You, For You are the one who has made all these things [the heavens and the rain].
• Amos 4:7“Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you When there were still three months until the harvest. Then I would send rain on one city, And on another city I would not send rain; One piece of ground was rained on, While the part not rained on would dry up.
• Zechariah 10:1Ask for rain from the Lord at the time of the spring rain. It is the Lord who makes the thunder clouds; And He will give them showers of rain, grass in the field to everyone.
• Job 37:3He lets it loose under the whole heaven, And His lightning to the ends of the earth.
• Psalms 29:3The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; The God of glory thunders; The Lord is over many waters.

Commentaries on Job 28:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26When he made a decree for the rain - When he determined how that should be generated, viz., By the heat of the sun evaporation is produced: the particles of vapor being lighter than the air on the surface, ascend into the atmosphere, till they come to a region where the air is of their own density; there they are formed into thin clouds, and become suspended. When, by the sudden passages of lightning, or by winds strongly agitating these clouds, the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26When he made a decree for the rain - A statute or law (חק chôq ) by which the rain is regulated. It is not sent by chance or hap-hazard. It is under the operation of regular and settled laws. We cannot suppose that those laws were understood in the time of Job, but the fact might be understood that the rain was regulated by laws, and that fact would show that God was qualified to impart wisdom. His kingdom was a kingdom of settled law and not of chance…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-28Verses 20-28 There is a two-fold wisdom; one hid in God, which is secret, and belongs not to us; the other made known by him, and revealed to man. One day's events, and one man's affairs, have such reference to, and so hang one upon another, that He only, to whom all is open, and who sees the whole at one view, can rightly judge of every part. But the knowledge of God's revealed will is within our reach, and will do us good. Let man look upon this as his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-27When God looks across the entire earth, he sees his wisdom in his creation (28:23). God later showed his wisdom to Job by taking him on a tour of the universe (chapters 38–41).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. The decree regulating at what time and place, and in what quantity, the rain should fall. a way--through the parted clouds (Job 38:25; Zec 10:1).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 28:26

• God
• Lightning
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena
• Readings, Select
• Wisdom

In the dictionaries

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• Baruch, Book of
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Commentaries on Job 28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings