KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 38:24–26
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Job 38:24
24By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
24By what way is the light parted? which scattereth the East wind vpon the earth.
Job 38:25
25Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
25Who hath diuided a water-course for the ouerflowing of waters? or a way for the lightning of thunder,
Job 38:26
26To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
26To cause it to raine on the earth, where no man is: on the wildernesse wherein there is no man?
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 38:24
Visible brightness; something that gives illumination; not heavy; to kindle, illuminate, or come down upon, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Separated; divided; severed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The direction of sunrise; lands or regions toward that direction.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Breath; power of respiration. Air in motion with any degree of velocity, indefinitely; a current of air.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 38:25
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
watercourse
A channel or canal for the conveyance of water, particularly in draining lands; a stream of water; a river or brook.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
overflowing
Spreading over, as a fluid; inundating; running over the brim or banks.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A sudden bright flash of light in the sky during a storm.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 38:26
A reason, ground, matter in dispute, or judicial case; as a verb, to make something happen.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Water falling in drops from the clouds; as a verb, to fall or pour down like rain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
In which; in what thing, place, time, or respect.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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From verse 24
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Open the full verse study12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
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Open the full verse study8And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
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Open the full verse study27For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
From verse 25
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Open the full verse study26When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
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Open the full verse study3The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters.
4The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
5The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
6He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
7The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire.
8The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
9The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
10The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever.
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Open the full verse study27For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
28Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
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Open the full verse study3He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
4After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
5God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
6For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
From verse 26
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Open the full verse study22Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
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Open the full verse study7For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
8But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
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Open the full verse study35He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
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Open the full verse study1THE wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
2It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God.
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Open the full verse study19Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
20The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
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Open the full verse study27For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
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Open the full verse study10He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
11They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
12By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
13He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
14He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
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Open the full verse study8Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
9He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
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Open the full verse study18I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
19I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
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