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Job 38:27

What does Job 38:27 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 38:27 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

To give water to the land where there is waste and destruction, and to make the dry land green with young grass?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

That it should fill the desert and desolate land, and should bring forth green grass?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground], and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth?

Context

v.26To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

v.27This passage

v.28Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

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.

  • Psalms 104:14

    He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, And herb for the service of man; That he may bring forth food out of the earth,

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