Job 5:10
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
In Context
9Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;
11So that He setteth up on high those that are low, and those that mourn are exalted to safety.
Cross References
Job 36:27For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain from His vapour;
Job 37:6For He saith to the snow: 'Fall thou on the earth'; likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of His mighty rain.
Psalms 65:9(65-10) Thou hast remembered the earth, and watered her, greatly enriching her, with the river of God that is full of water; Thou preparest them corn, for so preparest Thou her.
Psalms 147:8Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh the mountains to spring with grass.
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;
Amos 4:7And I also have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city; one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
Matthew Henry on Job 5:7-17
6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; 7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: 9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: 11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. 12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their… Read the whole commentary →