Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
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Gill's Exposition
To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man. Which is uninhabited by men, being so dry and barren; where there is no man to cultivate and water it, as…
Barnes' Notes
Who hath divided a water-course for the overflowing of waters - That is, for the waters that flow down from the clouds. The idea seems to be this, that the waters of heaven, instead of pouring down in…
Adam Clarke
Divided a water-course - The original תעלה tealah, from עלה alah, to ascend, may signify rather a cloud, or clouds in general, where the waters are stored up. I cannot see how the overflowings or…
Hitherto God had put such questions to Job as were proper to convince him of his ignorance and short-sightedness. Now he comes, in the same manner, to show his impotency and weakness. As it is but…
Cambridge Bible
for the overflowing of waters Rather, for the rain-flood. The second clause indicates that by the "watercourse" is meant the conduit (Isa 7:3) or channel cut through the arch of the heavens, down…