Job 38:26
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New International Version (©1984)
to water a land where no man lives, a desert with no one in it,

New Living Translation (©2007)
Who makes the rain fall on barren land, in a desert where no one lives?

English Standard Version (©2001)
to bring rain on a land where no man is, on the desert in which there is no man,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
To bring rain on a land without people, On a desert without a man in it,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
to bring rain on a land where no one lives, on a desert where there are no humans,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness in which there is no man;

World English Bible
To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; on the wilderness, in which there is no man;

Young's Literal Translation
To cause it to rain on a land -- no man, A wilderness -- no man in it.

Geneva Study Bible

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

Wesley's Notes

38:26 To cause - That the clouds being broken by lightning and thunder might pour down rain. No man - To water those parts by art and industry, as is usual in cultivated places.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

26. Since rain fails also on places uninhabited by man, it cannot be that man guides its course. Such rain, though man cannot explain the reason for it, is not lost. God has some wise design in it.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

38:25-41 Hitherto God had put questions to Job to show him his ignorance; now God shows his weakness. As it is but little that he knows, he ought not to arraign the Divine counsels; it is but little he can do, therefore he ought not to oppose the ways of Providence. See the all-sufficiency of the Divine Providence; it has wherewithal to satisfy the desire of every living thing. And he that takes care of the young ravens, certainly will not be wanting to his people. This being but one instance of the Divine compassion out of many, gives us occasion to think how much good our God does, every day, beyond what we are aware of. Every view we take of his infinite perfections, should remind us of his right to our love, the evil of sinning against him, and our need of his mercy and salvation.


Job 36:27 "For He draws up the drops of water, They distill rain from the mist, (NASB ©1995)

Cause Causing Desert Earth Rain Waste Water Wherein Wilderness

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

To cause (It is well known that rain falls copiously in thunder storms. The flash is first seen, the clap is next heard, and last the rain descends; though in fact they all take place at the same time. The lightning traverses all space in no perceivable succession of time. Sound is propagated at the rate of 1142 feet in a second. Rain travels still more slowly, and will be seen sooner or later according to the weight of the drops, and the distance of the cloud. Now as water is composed of two elastic airs or gases, called oxygen and hydrogen, in the proportion of 88 1/4 of the former and 11 3/4 of the latter in 100 parts, the electric spark, or matter of lightning, passing through the atmosphere, ignites and decomposes those gases, which explode; and the water falls down in the form of rain. This explosion, as well as the rushing in of the circumambient air to restore the equilibrium, will account for the clap and peal; and thus by the lightning of thunder God causes it to rain on the earth.)

on the wilderness Ps 104:10-14 107:35 147:8,9 Isa 35:1,2 41:18,19 43:19,20 Jer 14:22 Heb 6:7,8

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