Job 38:26

What does Job 38:26 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 38:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Causing rain to come on a land where no man is living, on the waste land which has no people;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

To cause <FI>it<Fi> to rain on a land--no man, A wilderness--no man in it.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

That it should rain on the earth without man in the wilderness, where no mortal dwelleth:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;

Context

v.25Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder;

v.26This passage

v.27To satisfy the waste and desolate ground, And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 107:35

    He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into watersprings.

  • Jeremiah 14:22

    Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things.

  • Psalms 104:10

    He sendeth forth springs into the valleys; They run among the mountains;

  • Psalms 147:8

    Who covereth the heavens with clouds, Who prepareth rain for the earth, Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

  • Isaiah 41:18

    I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

  • Isaiah 35:1

    The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

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