Job 38:25

38:25 Who carves out a channel for the heavy rains,

and a path for the rumble of thunder,

Job 38:34-35

38:34 Can you raise your voice to the clouds

so that a flood of water covers you? ¹ 

38:35 Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go?

Will they say to you, ‘Here we are’?

Luke 17:24

17:24 For just like the lightning flashes ²  and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. ³ 

¹ tc The LXX has “answer you,” and some editors have adopted this. However, the reading of the MT makes better sense in the verse.

² sn The Son of Man’s coming in power will be sudden and obvious like lightning. No one will need to point it out.

³ tc Some very important mss (Ì⁷⁵ B D it sa) lack the words ἐν τῇ ἡμέρα αὐτοῦ (en th Jhmera autou, “in his day”), but the words are included in א A L W Θ Ψ Ë^1,13 Ï lat sy bo. On the one hand, the shorter reading is impressive because it has some of the best Alexandrian and Western witnesses in support; on the other hand, the expression ἐν τῇ ἡμέρα αὐτοῦ is unusual (found nowhere else in the NT), and may be considered the harder reading. A decision is difficult, but it is probably best to retain the words. NA²⁷ rightly has the words in brackets, expressing doubt as to their authenticity.