Job 38:27
That it should fill the desert and desolate land, and should bring forth green grass?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
26That it should rain on the earth without man in the wilderness, where no mortal dwelleth :
28Who is the father of rain ? or who begot the drops of dew?
Cross References
Psalms 104:14Bringing forth grass for cattle, and herb for the service of men. That thou mayst bring bread out of the earth:
Psalms 147:8the Lord enlighteneth the blind. The Lord lifteth up them that are cast down: the Lord loveth the just.
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 →