Job 38:26
24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,
- KJV
- To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
- WEB
- to cause it to rain on a land where there is no man, on the wilderness, in which there is no man,
- ASV
- To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
- DARBY
- To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;
- BLB
- to make rain come upon a land without man, a desert without man in it,
- ÅB
- for å la det regne over et øde land, over en ørken hvor intet menneske bor,
- OTB
- for å vanne et land som er ubebodd,
en øde villmark, - B1930
- for å la det regne over et øde land, over en ørken hvor intet menneske bor,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 14:22
Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
Read in contextPsalms 107:35
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
Read in contextHebrews 6:7–8
For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
Read in contextIsaiah 35:1–2
The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
Read in contextIsaiah 43:19–20
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
Read in contextPsalms 147:8–9
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
Read in contextJob 36:27
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
Read in contextPsalms 104:10–14
He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
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