Job 38:26
Causing rain to come on a land where no man is living, on the waste land which has no people;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
In Context
25By whom has the way been cut for the flowing of the rain, and the flaming of the thunder;
Cross References
Psalms 104:10You sent the springs into the valleys; they are flowing between the hills.
Psalms 147:8By his hand the heaven is covered with clouds and rain is stored up for the earth; he makes the grass tall on the mountains.
Isaiah 41:18I will make rivers on the dry mountain-tops, and fountains in the valleys: I will make the waste land a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Jeremiah 10:13At the sound of his voice there is a massing of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes the thunder-flames for the rain, and sends out the wind from his store-houses.
Hebrews 6:7For a land, drinking in the frequent rain and producing good plants for those for whom it is worked, has a blessing from God:
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 →