Job 38:27
To satisfy waste and desolate lands; and to promote the growth of the tender grass?
Leeser Tanakh
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
26To bring rain on a land, void of men; on a wilderness wherein no son of earth [is found];
28Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of the dew?
Cross References
Psalms 104:14[Thou art he] who causeth grass to grow for the cattle, and herbs by the service of man, that he may bring forth bread out of the earth;
Psalms 147:8Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who causeth grass to grow upon the mountains;
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 →