Job 38:26
to cause it to rain on a land where there is no man, on the wilderness, in which there is no man,
World English Bible Catholic
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 has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm,
27to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to grow?
Cross References
Psalms 104:10He sends springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.
Psalms 147:8who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains.
Isaiah 41:18I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the middle of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Jeremiah 10:13When he utters his voice, the waters in the heavens roar, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain, and brings the wind out of his treasuries.
Hebrews 6:7For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it and produces a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receives blessing from God;
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 →