Parallel Verses
Amplified
When He made a limit for the rain
And a way for the thunderbolt,
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;
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:
Lexham Expanded Bible
{when he made} a rule for the rain and a way for [the] thunder's lightning bolt,
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,
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Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 28:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Discourse On Wisdom
25
“When 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,
Then He saw wisdom and declared it;
He established it and searched it out.
Names
Cross References
Job 38:25
“Who has prepared a channel for the torrents of rain and for the flood,
Or a path for the thunderbolt,
Job 37:3
“He lets it loose under the whole heaven,
And His lightning to the ends of the earth.
Job 36:26
“Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him;
The number of His years is unsearchable.
Job 36:32
“He covers His hands with the lightning,
And commands it to strike the mark.
Job 37:11
“He loads the thick cloud with moisture;
He disperses the cloud of His lightning.
Job 38:27
To satisfy the barren and desolate ground
And to make the seeds of grass to sprout?
Psalm 29:3-10
The voice of the Lord is upon the waters;
The God of glory thunders;
The Lord is over many waters.
Psalm 148:8
Lightning and hail, snow and fog;
Stormy wind, fulfilling His orders;
Jeremiah 14:22
Are 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 10:1
It is the Lord who makes the thunder clouds;
And He will give them showers of rain, grass in the field to everyone.