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title: "Treasury of Scripture Knowledge -  Job 38"
description: "Overview  Job 38:1, God challenges Job to answer; Job 38:4, God, by his mighty works, convinces Job of ignorance, Job 38:31, and of imbecility. Job 37:1,"
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url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/job/38"
---

**Overview**
**** [Job 38:1](../../../kjv/job/38/1), God challenges Job to answer; [Job 38:4](../../../kjv/job/38/4), God, by his mighty works, convinces Job of ignorance, [Job 38:31](../../../kjv/job/38/31), and of imbecility.

[Job 37:1](../../../kjv/job/37/1), [Job 37:2](../../../kjv/job/37/2), [Job 37:9](../../../kjv/job/37/9), [Job 37:14](../../../kjv/job/37/14), [Exodus 19:16-19](../../../kjv/exodus/19/16-19), [Deuteronomy 4:11](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/11), [Deuteronomy 4:12](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/12), [Deuteronomy 5:22-24](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/5/22-24), [1 Kings 19:11](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/11), [2 Kings 2:1](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/1), [2 Kings 2:11](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/11), [Ezekiel 1:4](../../../kjv/ezekiel/1/4), [Nahum 1:3](../../../kjv/nahum/1/3)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 3:8](../../../kjv/genesis/3/8) - cool of the day [Genesis 9:10](../../../kjv/genesis/9/10) - *General* [Job 11:5](../../../kjv/job/11/5) - *General* [Job 31:35](../../../kjv/job/31/35) - Oh [Job 40:1](../../../kjv/job/40/1) - *General* [Job 40:6](../../../kjv/job/40/6) - out [Psalms 111:2](../../../kjv/psalms/111/2) - works [Matthew 17:5](../../../kjv/matthew/17/5) - a voice

[Job 12:3](../../../kjv/job/12/3), [Job 23:4](../../../kjv/job/23/4), [Job 23:5](../../../kjv/job/23/5), [Job 24:25](../../../kjv/job/24/25), [Job 26:3](../../../kjv/job/26/3), [Job 27:11](../../../kjv/job/27/11), [Job 34:35](../../../kjv/job/34/35), [Job 35:16](../../../kjv/job/35/16), [Job 42:3](../../../kjv/job/42/3), [1 Timothy 1:7](../../../kjv/1-timothy/1/7)
**Reciprocal:** [Job 6:26](../../../kjv/job/6/26) - reprove [Job 11:5](../../../kjv/job/11/5) - *General* [Job 33:3](../../../kjv/job/33/3) - my lips [Job 37:19](../../../kjv/job/37/19) - we [Psalms 106:33](../../../kjv/psalms/106/33) - he spake [Psalms 139:4](../../../kjv/psalms/139/4) - there is not [Romans 9:20](../../../kjv/romans/9/20) - who art [Colossians 2:18](../../../kjv/colossians/2/18) - intruding [James 4:12](../../../kjv/james/4/12) - who

**Gird:** [Job 40:7](../../../kjv/job/40/7), [Exodus 12:11](../../../kjv/exodus/12/11), [1 Kings 18:46](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/46), [Jeremiah 1:17](../../../kjv/jeremiah/1/17), [1 Peter 1:13](../../../kjv/1-peter/1/13)
**for:** [Job 13:15](../../../kjv/job/13/15), [Job 13:22](../../../kjv/job/13/22), [Job 23:3-7](../../../kjv/job/23/3-7), [Job 31:35-37](../../../kjv/job/31/35-37)
**answer thou me:** Heb. make me know
**Reciprocal:** [Job 42:4](../../../kjv/job/42/4) - I will [Proverbs 31:17](../../../kjv/proverbs/31/17) - girdeth [Isaiah 41:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/41/1) - let the people [Isaiah 41:21](../../../kjv/isaiah/41/21) - Produce [Romans 9:20](../../../kjv/romans/9/20) - who art

**Where:** [Proverbs 8:22](../../../kjv/proverbs/8/22), [Proverbs 8:29](../../../kjv/proverbs/8/29), [Proverbs 8:30](../../../kjv/proverbs/8/30), [Proverbs 30:4](../../../kjv/proverbs/30/4)
**I:** [Genesis 1:1](../../../kjv/genesis/1/1), [Psalms 102:25](../../../kjv/psalms/102/25), [Psalms 104:5](../../../kjv/psalms/104/5), [Hebrews 1:2](../../../kjv/hebrews/1/2), [Hebrews 1:10](../../../kjv/hebrews/1/10)
**hast:** Heb. knowest
**Reciprocal:** [1 Samuel 2:8](../../../kjv/1-samuel/2/8) - the pillars [Job 9:6](../../../kjv/job/9/6) - the pillars [Job 15:7](../../../kjv/job/15/7) - or wast thou [Job 34:13](../../../kjv/job/34/13) - Who hath given [Job 37:15](../../../kjv/job/37/15) - Dost [Job 38:12](../../../kjv/job/38/12) - since [Job 38:21](../../../kjv/job/38/21) - *General* [Psalms 18:15](../../../kjv/psalms/18/15) - foundations [Psalms 24:2](../../../kjv/psalms/24/2) - For [Psalms 90:2](../../../kjv/psalms/90/2) - Before [Psalms 119:90](../../../kjv/psalms/119/90) - thou hast [Proverbs 8:25](../../../kjv/proverbs/8/25) - *General* [Proverbs 25:2](../../../kjv/proverbs/25/2) - the glory [Ecclesiastes 11:5](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/11/5) - even [Isaiah 24:23](../../../kjv/isaiah/24/23) - before his ancients gloriously [Isaiah 40:12](../../../kjv/isaiah/40/12) - measured [Isaiah 40:22](../../../kjv/isaiah/40/22) - stretcheth [Jeremiah 10:12](../../../kjv/jeremiah/10/12) - hath made [Jeremiah 27:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/27/5) - made [Amos 4:13](../../../kjv/amos/4/13) - he that [Jonah 2:6](../../../kjv/jonah/2/6) - the earth

**laid:** [Job 11:9](../../../kjv/job/11/9), [Job 28:25](../../../kjv/job/28/25), [Proverbs 8:27](../../../kjv/proverbs/8/27), [Isaiah 40:12](../../../kjv/isaiah/40/12), [Isaiah 40:22](../../../kjv/isaiah/40/22)
**who hath stretched:** [Psalms 19:4](../../../kjv/psalms/19/4), [Psalms 78:55](../../../kjv/psalms/78/55), [Isaiah 34:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/34/11), [Zechariah 2:1](../../../kjv/zechariah/2/1), [Zechariah 2:2](../../../kjv/zechariah/2/2), [2 Corinthians 10:16](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/10/16)
**Reciprocal:** [Zechariah 1:16](../../../kjv/zechariah/1/16) - and

**Whereupon:** [Job 26:7](../../../kjv/job/26/7), [1 Samuel 2:8](../../../kjv/1-samuel/2/8), [Psalms 24:2](../../../kjv/psalms/24/2), [Psalms 93:1](../../../kjv/psalms/93/1), [Psalms 104:5](../../../kjv/psalms/104/5), [Zechariah 12:1](../../../kjv/zechariah/12/1), [2 Peter 3:5](../../../kjv/2-peter/3/5)
**foundations:** Heb. sockets, [Exodus 26:18-25](../../../kjv/exodus/26/18-25)
**fastened:** Heb. made to sink, or, [Psalms 118:22](../../../kjv/psalms/118/22), [Psalms 144:12](../../../kjv/psalms/144/12), [Isaiah 28:16](../../../kjv/isaiah/28/16), [Ephesians 2:20](../../../kjv/ephesians/2/20), [Ephesians 2:21](../../../kjv/ephesians/2/21)
**Reciprocal:** [Job 7:12](../../../kjv/job/7/12) - I a sea [Zechariah 4:7](../../../kjv/zechariah/4/7) - shoutings

**the morning:** [Revelation 2:28](../../../kjv/revelation/2/28), [Revelation 22:16](../../../kjv/revelation/22/16)
**the sons:** [Job 1:6](../../../kjv/job/1/6), [Job 2:1](../../../kjv/job/2/1), [Psalms 104:4](../../../kjv/psalms/104/4), [Revelation 5:11](../../../kjv/revelation/5/11)
**shouted:** [Ezra 3:11](../../../kjv/ezra/3/11), [Ezra 3:12](../../../kjv/ezra/3/12), [Zechariah 4:7](../../../kjv/zechariah/4/7)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 1:16](../../../kjv/genesis/1/16) - to rule [Genesis 1:31](../../../kjv/genesis/1/31) - very good [Exodus 31:17](../../../kjv/exodus/31/17) - and was refreshed [Leviticus 23:24](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/24) - a memorial [Judges 5:1](../../../kjv/judges/5/1) - Sang Deborah [Psalms 5:11](../../../kjv/psalms/5/11) - shout [Psalms 148:2](../../../kjv/psalms/148/2) - all his angels [Daniel 3:25](../../../kjv/daniel/3/25) - the Son of God [Luke 2:13](../../../kjv/luke/2/13) - a multitude [Revelation 1:16](../../../kjv/revelation/1/16) - he had

**who:** [Job 38:10](../../../kjv/job/38/10), [Genesis 1:9](../../../kjv/genesis/1/9), [Psalms 33:7](../../../kjv/psalms/33/7), [Psalms 104:9](../../../kjv/psalms/104/9), [Proverbs 8:29](../../../kjv/proverbs/8/29), [Jeremiah 5:22](../../../kjv/jeremiah/5/22)
**out:** [Job 38:29](../../../kjv/job/38/29)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 7:11](../../../kjv/genesis/7/11) - all [Exodus 14:29](../../../kjv/exodus/14/29) - walked [1 Kings 17:4](../../../kjv/1-kings/17/4) - I have commanded [Job 11:10](../../../kjv/job/11/10) - shut up [Job 26:10](../../../kjv/job/26/10) - compassed [Job 36:30](../../../kjv/job/36/30) - and [Job 38:28](../../../kjv/job/38/28) - Hath the [Psalms 24:2](../../../kjv/psalms/24/2) - and [Psalms 29:10](../../../kjv/psalms/29/10) - sitteth [Psalms 65:7](../../../kjv/psalms/65/7) - noise [Psalms 89:9](../../../kjv/psalms/89/9) - *General* [Psalms 107:24](../../../kjv/psalms/107/24) - his wonders [Psalms 146:6](../../../kjv/psalms/146/6) - the sea [Proverbs 3:20](../../../kjv/proverbs/3/20) - the depths [Matthew 8:26](../../../kjv/matthew/8/26) - and rebuked [Luke 8:25](../../../kjv/luke/8/25) - being

**thick:** [Genesis 1:2](../../../kjv/genesis/1/2)
**Reciprocal:** [Job 26:8](../../../kjv/job/26/8) - bindeth up [Job 36:29](../../../kjv/job/36/29) - the spreadings

**brake up for it my decreed place:** or, established my decree upon it, [Job 26:10](../../../kjv/job/26/10), [Genesis 1:9](../../../kjv/genesis/1/9), [Genesis 1:10](../../../kjv/genesis/1/10), [Genesis 9:15](../../../kjv/genesis/9/15), [Psalms 104:9](../../../kjv/psalms/104/9), [Jeremiah 5:22](../../../kjv/jeremiah/5/22)
**Reciprocal:** [Job 2:6](../../../kjv/job/2/6) - save [Job 38:8](../../../kjv/job/38/8) - who [Job 41:14](../../../kjv/job/41/14) - the [Psalms 95:5](../../../kjv/psalms/95/5) - The sea is his [Psalms 148:6](../../../kjv/psalms/148/6) - He hath also [Ecclesiastes 1:7](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/1/7) - the rivers run [Jeremiah 31:35](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/35) - when

**Hitherto:** Thus far shall thy flux and reflux extend. The tides are marvellously limited and regulated, not only by the lunar and solar attraction, but by the quantum of time required to remove any part of the earth's surface, by its rotation round its axis, from under the immediate attractive influence of the sun and moon. Hence the attraction of the sun and moon, and the gravitation of the sea to its own centre, which prevent too great a flux on the one hand, and too great reflux on the other, are some of those bars and doors by which its proud waves are stayed, and prevented from coming farther. [Psalms 65:6](../../../kjv/psalms/65/6), [Psalms 65:7](../../../kjv/psalms/65/7), [Psalms 93:3](../../../kjv/psalms/93/3), [Psalms 93:4](../../../kjv/psalms/93/4), [Proverbs 8:29](../../../kjv/proverbs/8/29), [Mark 4:39-41](../../../kjv/mark/4/39-41)
**but:** [Job 1:22](../../../kjv/job/1/22), [Job 2:6](../../../kjv/job/2/6), [Psalms 76:10](../../../kjv/psalms/76/10), [Psalms 89:9](../../../kjv/psalms/89/9), [Isaiah 27:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/27/8), [Luke 8:32](../../../kjv/luke/8/32), [Luke 8:33](../../../kjv/luke/8/33), [Revelation 20:2](../../../kjv/revelation/20/2), [Revelation 20:3](../../../kjv/revelation/20/3), [Revelation 20:7](../../../kjv/revelation/20/7), [Revelation 20:8](../../../kjv/revelation/20/8)
**thy proud waves:** Heb. the pride of thy waves
**Reciprocal:** [1 Samuel 30:2](../../../kjv/1-samuel/30/2) - slew not [2 Samuel 22:16](../../../kjv/2-samuel/22/16) - rebuking [1 Kings 13:28](../../../kjv/1-kings/13/28) - the lion had [Job 9:8](../../../kjv/job/9/8) - treadeth [Psalms 46:3](../../../kjv/psalms/46/3) - the waters [Psalms 95:5](../../../kjv/psalms/95/5) - The sea is his [Psalms 104:9](../../../kjv/psalms/104/9) - hast set [Psalms 124:5](../../../kjv/psalms/124/5) - the proud [Psalms 148:6](../../../kjv/psalms/148/6) - He hath also [Ecclesiastes 1:7](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/1/7) - the rivers run [Isaiah 17:13](../../../kjv/isaiah/17/13) - rebuke [Jeremiah 5:22](../../../kjv/jeremiah/5/22) - placed [Jeremiah 31:35](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/35) - when [Nahum 1:4](../../../kjv/nahum/1/4) - rebuketh [Mark 4:41](../../../kjv/mark/4/41) - What

**commanded:** [Genesis 1:5](../../../kjv/genesis/1/5), [Psalms 74:16](../../../kjv/psalms/74/16), [Psalms 136:7](../../../kjv/psalms/136/7), [Psalms 136:8](../../../kjv/psalms/136/8), [Psalms 148:3-5](../../../kjv/psalms/148/3-5)
**since:** [Job 38:4](../../../kjv/job/38/4), [Job 38:21](../../../kjv/job/38/21), [Job 8:9](../../../kjv/job/8/9), [Job 15:7](../../../kjv/job/15/7)
**the dayspring:** [Luke 1:78](../../../kjv/luke/1/78), [2 Peter 1:19](../../../kjv/2-peter/1/19)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 1:14](../../../kjv/genesis/1/14) - Let there [Genesis 1:17](../../../kjv/genesis/1/17) - *General* [Job 9:7](../../../kjv/job/9/7) - sealeth [Job 24:16](../../../kjv/job/24/16) - they know [Job 25:3](../../../kjv/job/25/3) - upon whom [Job 38:19](../../../kjv/job/38/19) - the way [Job 38:24](../../../kjv/job/38/24) - *General* [Job 38:33](../../../kjv/job/38/33) - canst [Psalms 65:8](../../../kjv/psalms/65/8) - outgoings [Psalms 104:19](../../../kjv/psalms/104/19) - *General* [Amos 5:8](../../../kjv/amos/5/8) - and turneth

**take:** [Psalms 19:4-6](../../../kjv/psalms/19/4-6), [Psalms 139:9-12](../../../kjv/psalms/139/9-12)
**ends:** Heb. wings, [Job 37:3](../../../kjv/job/37/3), *marg.
**the wicked:** [Job 24:13-17](../../../kjv/job/24/13-17), [Exodus 14:27](../../../kjv/exodus/14/27), [Psalms 104:21](../../../kjv/psalms/104/21), [Psalms 104:22](../../../kjv/psalms/104/22), [Psalms 104:35](../../../kjv/psalms/104/35)
**Reciprocal:** [Job 24:16](../../../kjv/job/24/16) - they know [Job 25:3](../../../kjv/job/25/3) - upon whom [Job 38:19](../../../kjv/job/38/19) - the way [Job 38:24](../../../kjv/job/38/24) - *General* [Job 38:33](../../../kjv/job/38/33) - canst [Amos 5:8](../../../kjv/amos/5/8) - and turneth

**as a:** [Psalms 104:2](../../../kjv/psalms/104/2), [Psalms 104:6](../../../kjv/psalms/104/6)
**Reciprocal:** [James 2:5](../../../kjv/james/2/5) - Hearken

**from:** [Job 5:14](../../../kjv/job/5/14), [Job 18:5](../../../kjv/job/18/5), [Job 18:18](../../../kjv/job/18/18), [Exodus 10:21-23](../../../kjv/exodus/10/21-23), [2 Kings 6:18](../../../kjv/2-kings/6/18), [Proverbs 4:19](../../../kjv/proverbs/4/19), [Isaiah 8:21](../../../kjv/isaiah/8/21), [Isaiah 8:22](../../../kjv/isaiah/8/22), [Jeremiah 13:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/13/16), [Acts 13:10](../../../kjv/acts/13/10), [Acts 13:11](../../../kjv/acts/13/11)
**the high:** [Psalms 10:15](../../../kjv/psalms/10/15), [Psalms 37:17](../../../kjv/psalms/37/17), [Ezekiel 30:22](../../../kjv/ezekiel/30/22)
**Reciprocal:** [Daniel 11:6](../../../kjv/daniel/11/6) - retain

**the springs:** [Psalms 77:19](../../../kjv/psalms/77/19), [Proverbs 8:24](../../../kjv/proverbs/8/24), [Jeremiah 51:36](../../../kjv/jeremiah/51/36)
**walked:** [Job 26:5](../../../kjv/job/26/5), [Job 26:6](../../../kjv/job/26/6)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 14:20](../../../kjv/2-samuel/14/20) - to know [Job 28:3](../../../kjv/job/28/3) - the stones [Job 41:32](../../../kjv/job/41/32) - deep

**the gates:** [Psalms 9:13](../../../kjv/psalms/9/13), [Psalms 107:18](../../../kjv/psalms/107/18), [Psalms 116:3](../../../kjv/psalms/116/3)
**the shadow:** [Job 3:5](../../../kjv/job/3/5), [Job 12:22](../../../kjv/job/12/22), [Psalms 23:4](../../../kjv/psalms/23/4), [Psalms 107:10](../../../kjv/psalms/107/10), [Psalms 107:14](../../../kjv/psalms/107/14), [Amos 5:8](../../../kjv/amos/5/8), [Matthew 4:16](../../../kjv/matthew/4/16)
**Reciprocal:** [Job 10:22](../../../kjv/job/10/22) - the shadow of death [Job 28:3](../../../kjv/job/28/3) - the stones [Matthew 16:18](../../../kjv/matthew/16/18) - and the [Hebrews 4:13](../../../kjv/hebrews/4/13) - naked

[Psalms 74:17](../../../kjv/psalms/74/17), [Psalms 89:11](../../../kjv/psalms/89/11), [Psalms 89:12](../../../kjv/psalms/89/12), [Isaiah 40:28](../../../kjv/isaiah/40/28), [Jeremiah 31:37](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/37), [Revelation 20:9](../../../kjv/revelation/20/9)

**the way:** [Job 38:12](../../../kjv/job/38/12), [Job 38:13](../../../kjv/job/38/13), [Genesis 1:3](../../../kjv/genesis/1/3), [Genesis 1:4](../../../kjv/genesis/1/4), [Genesis 1:14-18](../../../kjv/genesis/1/14-18), [Deuteronomy 4:19](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/19), [Isaiah 45:7](../../../kjv/isaiah/45/7), [John 1:9](../../../kjv/john/1/9), [John 8:12](../../../kjv/john/8/12)
**darkness:** [Psalms 18:11](../../../kjv/psalms/18/11), [Psalms 104:20](../../../kjv/psalms/104/20), [Psalms 105:28](../../../kjv/psalms/105/28), [Jeremiah 13:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/13/16), [Ezekiel 32:8](../../../kjv/ezekiel/32/8), [Amos 4:13](../../../kjv/amos/4/13), [Matthew 27:45](../../../kjv/matthew/27/45)
**Reciprocal:** [Job 9:7](../../../kjv/job/9/7) - sealeth [Job 28:7](../../../kjv/job/28/7) - a path

**it to:** or, it at
**the bound:** [Genesis 10:19](../../../kjv/genesis/10/19), [Genesis 23:17](../../../kjv/genesis/23/17)
**Reciprocal:** [Job 9:7](../../../kjv/job/9/7) - sealeth

[Job 38:4](../../../kjv/job/38/4), [Job 38:12](../../../kjv/job/38/12), [Job 15:7](../../../kjv/job/15/7)

[Job 6:16](../../../kjv/job/6/16), [Job 37:6](../../../kjv/job/37/6), [Psalms 33:7](../../../kjv/psalms/33/7), [Psalms 135:7](../../../kjv/psalms/135/7)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 1:6](../../../kjv/genesis/1/6) - Let there [Exodus 9:23](../../../kjv/exodus/9/23) - and hail [Deuteronomy 28:12](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/12) - open [Job 36:31](../../../kjv/job/36/31) - by [Psalms 147:17](../../../kjv/psalms/147/17) - casteth [Psalms 148:8](../../../kjv/psalms/148/8) - Fire [Jeremiah 10:13](../../../kjv/jeremiah/10/13) - bringeth [Jeremiah 51:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/51/16) - bringeth [Revelation 11:19](../../../kjv/revelation/11/19) - and great

[Job 36:31](../../../kjv/job/36/31), [Job 36:13](../../../kjv/job/36/13), [Exodus 9:18](../../../kjv/exodus/9/18), [Exodus 9:24](../../../kjv/exodus/9/24), [Joshua 10:11](../../../kjv/joshua/10/11), [Isaiah 30:30](../../../kjv/isaiah/30/30), [Ezekiel 13:11-13](../../../kjv/ezekiel/13/11-13), [Matthew 7:27](../../../kjv/matthew/7/27), [Revelation 16:21](../../../kjv/revelation/16/21)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 9:23](../../../kjv/exodus/9/23) - and hail [Psalms 135:7](../../../kjv/psalms/135/7) - he bringeth [Psalms 147:17](../../../kjv/psalms/147/17) - casteth [Revelation 11:19](../../../kjv/revelation/11/19) - and great

[Job 38:12](../../../kjv/job/38/12), [Job 38:13](../../../kjv/job/38/13), [Jonah 4:8](../../../kjv/jonah/4/8), [Matthew 24:27](../../../kjv/matthew/24/27)
**Reciprocal:** [Job 28:7](../../../kjv/job/28/7) - a path [Job 37:15](../../../kjv/job/37/15) - the light [Psalms 135:7](../../../kjv/psalms/135/7) - he maketh lightnings [Psalms 147:8](../../../kjv/psalms/147/8) - covereth

[Job 28:26](../../../kjv/job/28/26), [Job 36:27](../../../kjv/job/36/27), [Job 36:28](../../../kjv/job/36/28), [Job 37:3-6](../../../kjv/job/37/3-6), [Psalms 29:3-10](../../../kjv/psalms/29/3-10)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 19:16](../../../kjv/exodus/19/16) - thunders [Leviticus 26:4](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/4) - Then I [Job 36:30](../../../kjv/job/36/30) - he [Job 37:15](../../../kjv/job/37/15) - the light [Job 37:21](../../../kjv/job/37/21) - *General* [Psalms 29:10](../../../kjv/psalms/29/10) - sitteth [Psalms 104:13](../../../kjv/psalms/104/13) - watereth [Jeremiah 10:13](../../../kjv/jeremiah/10/13) - maketh

**To cause:** It is well known that rain falls copiously in thunder storms. The flash is first seen, the clap is next heard, and last the rain descends; though in fact they all take place at the same time. The lightning traverses all space in no perceivable succession of time. Sound is propagated at the rate of 1,142 feet in a second. Rain travels still more slowly, and will be seen sooner or later according to the weight of the drops, and the distance of the cloud. Now as water is composed of two elastic airs or gases, called oxygen and hydrogen, in the proportion of 88+ of the former and 11, 3/4 of the latter in 100 parts, the electric spark, or matter of lightning, passing through the atmosphere, ignites and decomposes those gases, which explode; and the water falls down in the form of rain. This explosion, as well as the rushing in of the circumambient air to restore the equilibrium, will account for the clap and peal; and thus by the lightning of thunder God causes it to rain on the earth.
**on the wilderness:** [Psalms 104:10-14](../../../kjv/psalms/104/10-14), [Psalms 107:35](../../../kjv/psalms/107/35), [Psalms 147:8](../../../kjv/psalms/147/8), [Psalms 147:9](../../../kjv/psalms/147/9), [Isaiah 35:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/35/1), [Isaiah 35:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/35/2), [Isaiah 41:18](../../../kjv/isaiah/41/18), [Isaiah 41:19](../../../kjv/isaiah/41/19), [Isaiah 43:19](../../../kjv/isaiah/43/19), [Isaiah 43:20](../../../kjv/isaiah/43/20), [Jeremiah 14:22](../../../kjv/jeremiah/14/22), [Hebrews 6:7](../../../kjv/hebrews/6/7), [Hebrews 6:8](../../../kjv/hebrews/6/8)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 2:5](../../../kjv/genesis/2/5) - had not [Job 5:10](../../../kjv/job/5/10) - fields [Job 36:31](../../../kjv/job/36/31) - he giveth [Job 37:13](../../../kjv/job/37/13) - for his [Psalms 65:12](../../../kjv/psalms/65/12) - drop [Psalms 135:7](../../../kjv/psalms/135/7) - he maketh lightnings [Proverbs 3:20](../../../kjv/proverbs/3/20) - the clouds [Acts 14:17](../../../kjv/acts/14/17) - and gave

**Reciprocal:** [Job 36:31](../../../kjv/job/36/31) - he giveth [Job 37:13](../../../kjv/job/37/13) - for his [Psalms 65:12](../../../kjv/psalms/65/12) - drop [Psalms 145:16](../../../kjv/psalms/145/16) - openest

**Hath the:** [Job 38:8](../../../kjv/job/38/8), [Job 5:9](../../../kjv/job/5/9), [Job 5:10](../../../kjv/job/5/10), [1 Samuel 12:17](../../../kjv/1-samuel/12/17), [1 Samuel 12:18](../../../kjv/1-samuel/12/18), [Psalms 65:9](../../../kjv/psalms/65/9), [Psalms 65:10](../../../kjv/psalms/65/10), [Jeremiah 5:24](../../../kjv/jeremiah/5/24), [Jeremiah 10:13](../../../kjv/jeremiah/10/13), [Jeremiah 14:22](../../../kjv/jeremiah/14/22), [Joel 2:23](../../../kjv/joel/2/23), [Amos 4:7](../../../kjv/amos/4/7), [Matthew 5:45](../../../kjv/matthew/5/45)
**dew:** [Job 29:19](../../../kjv/job/29/19), [Genesis 27:28](../../../kjv/genesis/27/28), [Genesis 27:39](../../../kjv/genesis/27/39), [Deuteronomy 33:13](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/33/13), [Deuteronomy 33:28](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/33/28), [2 Samuel 1:21](../../../kjv/2-samuel/1/21), [1 Kings 17:1](../../../kjv/1-kings/17/1), [Proverbs 3:20](../../../kjv/proverbs/3/20), [Hosea 14:5](../../../kjv/hosea/14/5)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 2:4](../../../kjv/genesis/2/4) - the generations [Psalms 90:2](../../../kjv/psalms/90/2) - Before

[Job 38:8](../../../kjv/job/38/8), [Job 6:16](../../../kjv/job/6/16), [Job 37:10](../../../kjv/job/37/10), [Psalms 147:16](../../../kjv/psalms/147/16), [Psalms 147:17](../../../kjv/psalms/147/17)
**Reciprocal:** [Psalms 90:2](../../../kjv/psalms/90/2) - Before

**the face:** [Job 37:10](../../../kjv/job/37/10)
**frozen:** Heb. taken
**Reciprocal:** [Job 41:32](../../../kjv/job/41/32) - deep [Psalms 147:17](../../../kjv/psalms/147/17) - who can stand

**Pleiades:** or, the seven stars, Heb. Cimah, [Job 9:9](../../../kjv/job/9/9), *marg. [Amos 5:8](../../../kjv/amos/5/8)
**Orion:** or, Cesil
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 1:14](../../../kjv/genesis/1/14) - and let [Job 37:17](../../../kjv/job/37/17) - he

**Mazzaroth:** or, the twelve signs, Probably the same as mazzaloth. [2 Kings 23:5](../../../kjv/2-kings/23/5)
**guide Arcturus:** Heb. guide them, [Job 9:9](../../../kjv/job/9/9)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 1:14](../../../kjv/genesis/1/14) - and let [Amos 5:8](../../../kjv/amos/5/8) - maketh

**the ordinances:** [Genesis 1:16](../../../kjv/genesis/1/16), [Genesis 8:22](../../../kjv/genesis/8/22), [Psalms 119:90](../../../kjv/psalms/119/90), [Psalms 119:91](../../../kjv/psalms/119/91), [Jeremiah 31:35](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/35), [Jeremiah 31:36](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/36), [Jeremiah 33:25](../../../kjv/jeremiah/33/25)
**canst:** [Job 38:12](../../../kjv/job/38/12), [Job 38:13](../../../kjv/job/38/13)
**Reciprocal:** [Psalms 148:6](../../../kjv/psalms/148/6) - He hath also

[1 Samuel 12:18](../../../kjv/1-samuel/12/18), [Amos 5:8](../../../kjv/amos/5/8), [Zechariah 10:1](../../../kjv/zechariah/10/1), [James 5:18](../../../kjv/james/5/18)
**Reciprocal:** [Job 36:27](../../../kjv/job/36/27) - he [Job 36:30](../../../kjv/job/36/30) - he [Jeremiah 10:13](../../../kjv/jeremiah/10/13) - uttereth [Jeremiah 51:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/51/16) - there is [Matthew 8:9](../../../kjv/matthew/8/9) - Go

**Canst:** [Exodus 9:23-25](../../../kjv/exodus/9/23-25), [Exodus 9:29](../../../kjv/exodus/9/29), [Leviticus 10:2](../../../kjv/leviticus/10/2), [Numbers 11:1](../../../kjv/numbers/11/1), [Numbers 16:35](../../../kjv/numbers/16/35), [2 Kings 1:10](../../../kjv/2-kings/1/10), [2 Kings 1:14](../../../kjv/2-kings/1/14), [Revelation 11:5](../../../kjv/revelation/11/5), [Revelation 11:6](../../../kjv/revelation/11/6)
**Here we are:** Heb. Behold us, [1 Samuel 22:12](../../../kjv/1-samuel/22/12), [Isaiah 6:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/6/8), *marg. [Isaiah 65:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/65/1)
**Reciprocal:** [Job 36:30](../../../kjv/job/36/30) - he [Psalms 18:14](../../../kjv/psalms/18/14) - he shot [Psalms 29:7](../../../kjv/psalms/29/7) - flames [Jeremiah 10:13](../../../kjv/jeremiah/10/13) - uttereth [Matthew 8:9](../../../kjv/matthew/8/9) - Go [Matthew 24:27](../../../kjv/matthew/24/27) - as

**Who hath put:** [Job 32:8](../../../kjv/job/32/8), [Psalms 51:6](../../../kjv/psalms/51/6), [Proverbs 2:6](../../../kjv/proverbs/2/6), [Ecclesiastes 2:26](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/2/26), [James 1:5](../../../kjv/james/1/5), [James 1:17](../../../kjv/james/1/17)
**who hath given:** [Exodus 31:3](../../../kjv/exodus/31/3), [Exodus 36:1](../../../kjv/exodus/36/1), [Exodus 36:2](../../../kjv/exodus/36/2), [Isaiah 28:26](../../../kjv/isaiah/28/26)

**number:** [Genesis 15:5](../../../kjv/genesis/15/5), [Psalms 147:4](../../../kjv/psalms/147/4)
**or who:** [Genesis 8:1](../../../kjv/genesis/8/1), [Genesis 9:15](../../../kjv/genesis/9/15)
**stay:** Heb. cause to lie down
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 8:2](../../../kjv/genesis/8/2) - the rain [Job 26:8](../../../kjv/job/26/8) - bindeth up [Job 36:29](../../../kjv/job/36/29) - the spreadings [Job 37:13](../../../kjv/job/37/13) - whether [Psalms 104:13](../../../kjv/psalms/104/13) - watereth [Jeremiah 5:24](../../../kjv/jeremiah/5/24) - that giveth

**groweth into hardness:** or, is turned into mire, Heb. is poured
**Reciprocal:** [Job 37:13](../../../kjv/job/37/13) - whether

**Wilt:** [Job 4:10](../../../kjv/job/4/10), [Job 4:11](../../../kjv/job/4/11), [Psalms 34:10](../../../kjv/psalms/34/10), [Psalms 104:21](../../../kjv/psalms/104/21), [Psalms 145:15](../../../kjv/psalms/145/15), [Psalms 145:16](../../../kjv/psalms/145/16)
**appetite:** Heb. life
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 1:24](../../../kjv/genesis/1/24) - Let [Genesis 1:30](../../../kjv/genesis/1/30) - *General* [Numbers 24:9](../../../kjv/numbers/24/9) - couched [Psalms 8:8](../../../kjv/psalms/8/8) - The fowl [Proverbs 6:7](../../../kjv/proverbs/6/7) - *General*

[Genesis 49:9](../../../kjv/genesis/49/9), [Numbers 23:24](../../../kjv/numbers/23/24), [Numbers 24:9](../../../kjv/numbers/24/9)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 1:24](../../../kjv/genesis/1/24) - Let

[Psalms 104:27](../../../kjv/psalms/104/27), [Psalms 104:28](../../../kjv/psalms/104/28), [Psalms 147:9](../../../kjv/psalms/147/9), [Matthew 6:26](../../../kjv/matthew/6/26), [Luke 12:24](../../../kjv/luke/12/24)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 6:21](../../../kjv/genesis/6/21) - *General* [Genesis 8:7](../../../kjv/genesis/8/7) - a raven [Genesis 16:11](../../../kjv/genesis/16/11) - hath [Leviticus 11:13](../../../kjv/leviticus/11/13) - the eagle [1 Kings 17:4](../../../kjv/1-kings/17/4) - I have commanded [Psalms 50:11](../../../kjv/psalms/50/11) - know [Psalms 104:21](../../../kjv/psalms/104/21) - seek [Joel 1:20](../../../kjv/joel/1/20) - cry

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