Job 38:27
To fulfil the wilde and waste place, and to cause the bud of the herbe to spring forth?
Geneva Bible 1599
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 cause it to raine on the earth where no man is, and in the wildernes where there is no man?
28Who is the father of the rayne? or who hath begotten the droppes of the dewe?
Cross References
Psalms 104:14He causeth grasse to growe for the cattell, and herbe for the vse of man, that he may bring forth bread out of the earth,
Psalms 147:8Which couereth the heauen with cloudes, and prepareth raine for the earth, and maketh the grasse to growe vpon the mountaines:
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 →