Job 38:24

Translations

Modern

In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?

Traditional

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

Literal

Where is this, the way light is apportioned? The east wind is scattered over the earth.

Latin

Per quam viam spargitur lux, dividitur æstus super terram?

Original

Hebrew

English

In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?

Notes

Job 38:24–27

The east wind blows from the desert, drying up crops and seas (Genesis 41:6, 23, 27; Jeremiah 4:11; Jonah 4:8; Exodus 14:21; Isaiah 11:15). It is not like the heavy rain that causes floods.
Helpful rain quenches a barren land (Psalms 104:10–11; 107:35; Isaiah 35:7; 58:11). This contrasts with both hot winds and flooding rains (Job 38:24, 25).

Job 38:1–40:5

God challenges Job. Job admits he cannot judge the moral world. God shows Job's ignorance of the natural world's elements related to the realm of heaven, weather, animals, and birds (38:4–21; 22–38; 39–39:30).

Theme notes and profiles

Complaints God’s Uniqueness

Events

Job's Trial

Related verses

Job 38:12–13
In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,
Jonah 4:8
As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
Matthew 24:27
For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

Glossary

Book of Job Light Proverbs, Book of Wisdom Literature

Topics

Blessing: Temporal, from God God: Creator God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Light: The Theory of, Beyond Man's Comprehension Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena: General Scriptures Concerning

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