Job 38:26
To cause it to rain on a land where no man is, on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
25Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, or a way for the lightning of the thunder;
27To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
Cross References
Psalms 104:10Who sendest forth springs into the valleys; they run between the mountains;
Psalms 147:8Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh the mountains to spring with grass.
Isaiah 41:18I will open rivers on the high hills, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Jeremiah 10:13At the sound of His giving a multitude of waters in the heavens, when He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; when He maketh lightnings with the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of His treasuries;
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 →