VERSE STUDY • KJV

Job 38:25

Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

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Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,

Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm;

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

Who hath divided for the flood a conduit? And a way for the lightning of the voices?

22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

24 By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

26 To cause it to rain on the earth, [where] no man [is; on] the wilderness, wherein [there is] no man;

27 To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground]; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

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