Job 38:26
To bring rain on a land, void of men; on a wilderness wherein no son of earth [is found];
Leeser Tanakh
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
27To satisfy waste and desolate lands; and to promote the growth of the tender grass?
Cross References
Psalms 104:10[Thou art he] who sendeth springs into the valleys, between mountains they run along.
Psalms 147:8Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who causeth grass to grow upon the mountains;
Isaiah 41:18I will open on naked mountain-peaks rivers, and in the midst of valleys fountains; I will change the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into springs of water.
Jeremiah 10:13At the sound when he giveth a multitude of waters in the heavens, and causeth clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth; when he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures:
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 →