Job 38:27
25 Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,
26 to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,
to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?
28 Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?
29 From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,
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- BSB
- to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?
- KJV
- To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
- WEB
- to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to grow?
- ASV
- To satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
- DARBY
- To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground], and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth?
- BLB
- to satisfy the waste and the desolation, and to make sprout the shoot of the grass?
- ÅB
- for å mette ørk og øde og få gressbunnen til å gro?
- OTB
- for å tilfredsstille det øde land
og få gresset til å spire? - B1930
- for å mette ørk og øde og få gressbunnen til å gro?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 107:35
He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.
Read in contextPsalms 104:14
He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
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