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; He sees everything under the heavens. 25When He imparted weight to the wind, And assessed the waters by measure, When He made a limit for the rain, And a course for the thunderbolt, 27Then He saw it and declared it; He established it and also searched it out. 28And to mankind He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

Job 28:26 word by word

בַּעֲשֹׂת֣וֹ לַמָּטָ֣ר חֹ֑ק וְ֝דֶ֗רֶךְ לַחֲזִ֥יז קֹלֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

• When He madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• limitחֹקchôq · statute: decreeH2706
• for the rainמָטַרmâţâr · rainH4306
• And a courseדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: journeyH1870
• thunderboltקוֹלqôl qôl · voice: thunderH6963
• thunderboltחֲזִיזchăzîyz · lightningH2385

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 split open a channel for the flood, And a way for the thunderbolt,
• Psalms 148:8Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;
• Jeremiah 14:22Are there any among the idols of the nations who give rain? Or can the heavens grant showers? Is it not You, Lord our God? Therefore we wait for You, For You are the one who has done all these things.
• Amos 4:7“Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you While there were still three months until harvest. Then I would send rain on one city, But on another city I would not send rain; One part would be 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-- The Lord who makes the storm winds; And He will give them showers of rain, vegetation in the field to each person.
• Job 37:3Under the whole heaven He lets it loose, And His lightning travels to the ends of the earth.
• Psalms 29:3The voice of the Lord is on 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

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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