Job 38:26
To cause [it] to rain on a land — no man, A wilderness — no man in it.
Young's Literal Translation
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 hath divided for the flood a conduit? And a way for the lightning of the voices?
27To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?
Cross References
Psalms 104:10Who is sending forth fountains in valleys, Between hills they go on.
Psalms 147:8Who is covering the heavens with clouds, Who is preparing for the earth rain, Who is causing grass to spring up [on] mountains,
Isaiah 41:18I open on high places rivers, And in midst of valleys fountains, I make a wilderness become a pond of water, And a dry land become springs of water.
Jeremiah 10:13At the voice He giveth forth, A multitude of waters [is] in the heavens, And He causeth vapours to come up from the end of the earth, Lightnings for rain He hath made, And bringeth out wind from His treasures.
Hebrews 6:7For earth, that is drinking in the rain many times coming upon it, and is bringing forth herbs fit for those because of whom also it is dressed, doth partake of 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 →