Job 38:24
What does Job 38:24 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 38:24 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?
KJV
King James Version · 1611By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Which is the way to the place where the wind is measured out, and the east wind sent out over the earth?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Where <FI>is<Fi> this, the way light is apportioned? It scattereth an east wind over the earth.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752By what way is the light spread, and heat divided upon the earth?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890By what way is the light parted, [and] the east wind scattered upon the earth?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jonah 4:8
And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
- Job 38:12
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, And caused the dayspring to know its place;
- Matthew 24:27
For as the lightning cometh forth from the east, and is seen even unto the west; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
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