Job 28:26 - Tree of Life Version when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderstorm, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Behold, God is exalted —beyond our knowledge! The number of His years is unsearchable.
Indeed, who can understand the spreading of the clouds, and the thunder from His pavilion?
He covers His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its target.
He loads the cloud with moisture; He scatters His cloud of lightning.
Listen carefully to the roar of His voice, the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
Under the whole heaven He lets it loose, and His light to the ends of the earth.
After that a voice roars; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not hold them back when His voice is heard.
“For to the snow He says, ‘Fall to the earth,’ and to the torrential rain— be a mighty downpour of rain.
to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, a desert with no one in it,
to satisfy a devastated and desolate land, and cause it to sprout grass?
He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain. He brings wind out of His storehouses.
“Adonai brought me forth, the first of His way, before His works of old.
Can any of the idols of the nations bring rain? Or can the skies grant showers? Is it not You, Adonai our God? Do we not wait for You? For You have done all these things.
“Also I myself have withheld from you the rain—when three months remain to the harvest, I caused it to rain on one city, while on another city I sent no rain; one piece of ground would get rain, while the portion not rained on would wither.
Ask Adonai for rain in spring! Adonai makes the storm clouds and will give rain showers and plants of the field to everyone.