The Meaning of Job 38:24 Explained

Job 38:24

KJV: By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

YLT: Where is this, the way light is apportioned? It scattereth an east wind over the earth.

Darby: By what way is the light parted, and the east wind scattered upon the earth?

ASV: By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 38:24?

MEANING: What does Job 38:24 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 38:24 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 38:24?

What is the context of Job 38:24?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

What does Job 38:24 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 38:19-41 - What Man Cannot Do

In this chapter a number of nature-pictures pass before us. These include the creation of the earth, Job 38:4-7; the sea, Job 38:8-11; light, Job 38:12-15; the mysteries of the unseen, Job 38:16-18; snow and rain, Job 38:22-30; the constellations of heaven, Job 38:31-38; and the recesses of the forest-glades, Job 38:39-41.

What does it all mean? Ah! there are times when the voice of God through nature falls on our hearts like sweet music, and we hardly know whence or how, but we are comforted and strengthened. The peace passes understanding. Besides, the frequent question, Hast thou? was intended to turn Job's attention to the great mysteries contained in common and ordinary things. If he could not unravel these, how could he hope to fathom all the wonderful dealings of God with the human soul? His ways are above ours and His thoughts higher than ours; but we are sure from Calvary that He is love. Let us quiet ourselves, therefore, and trust. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 38

¹ God challenges Job to answer
⁴ God, by his mighty works, convinces Job of ignorance
³¹ and weakness

What do the individual words in Job 38:24 mean?

where he way is diffused light [Or] scattered the east wind over the earth

אֵי־ זֶ֣ה הַ֭דֶּרֶךְ יֵחָ֣לֶק א֑וֹר יָפֵ֖ץ קָדִ֣ים עֲלֵי־ ؟ אָֽרֶץ

אֵי־	where
Parse: Interrogative Root: אֵי Sense: where?, whence?.
הַ֭דֶּרֶךְ	way
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular Root: דֶּרֶךְ Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
יֵחָ֣לֶק	is diffused
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: חָלַק Sense: to divide, share, plunder, allot, apportion, assign.
א֑וֹר	light
Parse: Noun, common singular Root: אֹור Sense: light.
יָפֵ֖ץ	[Or] scattered
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect Jussive, third person masculine singular Root: פּוּץ Sense: to scatter, be dispersed, be scattered.
קָדִ֣ים	the east wind
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: קָדִים Sense: east, east wind.
עֲלֵי־	over
Parse: Preposition Root: עַל Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
؟ אָֽרֶץ	the earth
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: אֶרֶץ Sense: land, earth.

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Similar Scriptures for Job 38:24

		Job 38:12-13 [3]
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