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By what way is the lightning distributed, Or the east wind scattered on the earth?
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The Wonder of the Dawn
God challenges Job with a daily miracle: the way morning light parts from the east and instantly covers the earth. Commentators note that even with modern science, the fundamental nature of light's propagation remains a profound mystery. This question, along with the one about the scattering east wind, is designed to highlight God's immense power and the limits of human understanding of the natural world.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
By what way is the light parted—The reference here is to the light of the morning, that seems to come from one point and spread its…
19th Century
Anglican
By what way is the light parted? — that is, distributed in turn to all the inhabitants of the earth.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
By what way is the light parted That is, do you know by what way it is parted or divided? as at the first creation, …
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The Lord questions Job, to convince him of his ignorance, and shame him for his folly in prescribing to God. If we examine ourselves in this way, w…
13th Century
Catholic
After the Lord has listed the principal parts of physical creation—that is, earth, sea, and sky—He begins here with the wonders of divine works tha…