Job 38:27
to satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], and to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
In Context
26to cause it to rain on a land where no man is, on the wilderness, in which there is no man,
28Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
Cross References
Psalms 104:14He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and herbage for the service of man, that he may bring forth food out of the earth,
Psalms 147:8who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow upon the mountains.
Matthew Henry on Job 38:26-41
God's Sovereign Dominion and Goodness. ( b. c. 1520.) 25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; 26 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? 29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? 30 The… Read the whole commentary →