Job 38:27
to water a parched wasteland to make the green grass grow?
Free Bible 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
26Who brings rain to an uninhabited land, to a desert where nobody lives,
28Does the rain have a father? Who was the father of the dewdrops?
Cross References
Psalms 104:14You make the grass grow for the cattle, and plants for people to eat—crops produced by the earth for food,
Psalms 147:8He covers the sky with clouds to bring rain to the earth, and makes the grass grow on the hills.
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 →