Job 5:10
He gives rain on the earth, 1 and sends water on the fields. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
In Context
9he who does great and unsearchable things, 1 marvelous things without number. 1
11He does this in order to set up on high those who are low; 1 to raise to safety those who mourn. 1
Cross References
Job 36:27For he draws up the drops of water 1 that he distills as rain from his vapor, + 36:27 Some modern versions have that distill as rain from his vapor . 1
Job 37:6For he says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth'; 1 likewise to the rain shower, 1 'Become a great shower of rain.' 1
Psalms 65:9You come to help the earth; you water it; 1 you greatly enrich it; 1 the river of God is full of water; 1 you provide mankind grain when you have prepared the earth. 1
Psalms 147:8He covers the heavens with clouds 1 and prepares rain for the earth, 1 making the grass to grow on the mountains. 1
Jeremiah 10:13His voice makes the roar of waters in the heavens, and he brings up the mists from the ends of the earth. 1 He makes lightning for the rain and sends out wind from his storehouse. 1
Amos 4:7I also withheld rain from you 1 when there were still three months to the harvest. 1 I caused it to rain on one city, 1 and caused it not to rain on another city. 1 One piece of land was rained on, 1 but the piece of land where it did not rain dried up. 1
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 →