25 (A)To establish a weight for the wind,
And apportion the waters by measure.

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25 When he established the force of the wind
    and measured out the waters,(A)

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26 When He (A)made a law for the rain,
And a path for the thunderbolt,

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26 when he made a decree for the rain(A)
    and a path for the thunderstorm,(B)

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24 By what way is light [a]diffused,
Or the east wind scattered over the earth?

25 “Who (A)has divided a channel for the overflowing water,
Or a path for the thunderbolt,
26 To cause it to rain on a land where there is no one,
A wilderness in which there is no man;
27 (B)To satisfy the desolate waste,
And cause to spring forth the growth of tender grass?
28 (C)Has the rain a father?
Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:24 Lit. divided

24 What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed,(A)
    or the place where the east winds(B) are scattered over the earth?(C)
25 Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,
    and a path for the thunderstorm,(D)
26 to water(E) a land where no one lives,
    an uninhabited desert,(F)
27 to satisfy a desolate wasteland
    and make it sprout with grass?(G)
28 Does the rain have a father?(H)
    Who fathers the drops of dew?

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