then He saw wisdom and declared it; He prepared it and also searched it out.
Job 28:26 - The Scriptures 2009 When He made a law for the rain, and a way for the lightning of thunder, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When He made a decree for the rain and a way for the lightning of the thunder, American Standard Version (1901) When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder; Common English Bible when he made a decree for the rain, a path for thunderbolts, Catholic Public Domain Version At that time, he gave a law to the rain and a path to the resounding storms. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When he gave a law for the rain, and a way for the sounding storms. |
then He saw wisdom and declared it; He prepared it and also searched it out.
See, Ěl is great, beyond our understanding, and we do not know the number of His years.
For He draws up drops of water, which distil as rain from the mist,
Also, who understands the spreading of clouds, the crashing from His booth?
He has covered His hands with lightning, and commands it to strike.
He also loads the thick clouds with moisture; He scatters His bright clouds.
Listen, listen to the trembling of His voice, and the sound that comes from His mouth.
He lets it loose under all the heavens, and His lightning to the ends of the earth.
After it a voice roars. He thunders with the voice of His excellency, and He does not hold them back when His voice is heard.
For He says to the snow, ‘Be on the earth,’ also to the gentle rain and the heavy rain of His strength.
Who has cleft a channel for the overflowing water, or a way for the thunderclaps,
to make rain fall on land where no one is, a wilderness in which there is no man;
to satisfy the wild and waste places, and to make the seeds of grass to sprout?
Causing vapours to go up From the ends of the earth; He made lightning for the rain, Bringing forth wind from His treasuries;
“יהוה possessed me, The beginning of His way, As the first of His works of old.
Are there among the worthless idols of the nations any causing rain? And do the heavens give showers? Are You not He, O יהוה our Elohim? And we wait for You, for You are the One who does all this.
“And I also withheld rain from you, three new moons before the harvest. Then I would send rain on one city, and on another city I would not send rain. One part was rained upon, and where it did not rain the part would dry up.
Ask יהוה for rain in the time of the latter rain, יהוה who makes storm clouds. And He gives them showers of rain, the plants in the field to everyone.