Job 5:10
who gives rain upon the earth, and sends waters upon the fields,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
In Context
9who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number,
11so that he sets up on high those who are low, and those who mourn are exalted to safety.
Cross References
Job 36:27For he draws up the drops of water, which distil in rain from his vapor,
Job 37:6For he says to the snow, Fall thou on the earth, likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain.
Psalms 65:9Thou visit the earth, and water it; thou greatly enrich it. The river of God is full of water. Thou provide them grain when thou have so prepared the earth.
Psalms 147:8who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow upon the mountains.
Jeremiah 10:13When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.
Amos 4:7And I also have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest. And I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city. One piece was rained upon, and the piece upon which it
Matthew Henry on Job 5:7-17
6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; 7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: 9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: 11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. 12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their… Read the whole commentary →