King James Version
Job 38:25 in the King James Version says “Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;” — study this verse from Job chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;”
Job 38:25 · KJV
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
KJV Study — Public Domain
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“or a way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
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