Job 38:24
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 38:24 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 38:24 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 38:24 — KJV
“By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?”
— Job 38:24 (KJV)
Job 38:24 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 38:24
“And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. as it were a day's...: Heb. as it were the way of a day”
Shares key themes with Job 38:24: way, wind, earth
“And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.”
Shares key themes with Job 38:24: way, east, earth
“And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.”
Shares key themes with Job 38:24: way, parted, wind
“Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.”
Shares key themes with Job 38:24: way, light, parted
“Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war. the company...: or, the beasts of the reeds scatter...: or, he scattereth”
Shares key themes with Job 38:24: light, scattereth, east
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