Job 38:27
so that it would fill impassable and desolate places, and would bring forth green plants?
Catholic Public Domain 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
26so that it would rain on the earth far from man, in the wilderness where no mortal lingers,
28Who is the father of rain, or who conceived the drops of dew?
Cross References
Psalms 104:14he allowed no man to harm them, and he reproved kings on their behalf.
Psalms 147:8He announces his word to Jacob, his justices and his judgments to Israel.
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 →