Job 38:26

Translations

Modern

…to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,

Traditional

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

Literal

…to make rain come upon a land without man, a desert without man in it,

Latin

…ut plueret super terram absque homine in deserto, ubi nullus mortalium commoratur;

Original

Hebrew

English

…to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,

Notes

Job 38:24–27

The east wind blows from the desert, drying up crops and seas (Genesis 41:6, 23, 27; Jeremiah 4:11; Jonah 4:8; Exodus 14:21; Isaiah 11:15). It is not like the heavy rain that causes floods.
Helpful rain quenches a barren land (Psalms 104:10–11; 107:35; Isaiah 35:7; 58:11). This contrasts with both hot winds and flooding rains (Job 38:24, 25).

Job 38:1–40:5

God challenges Job. Job admits he cannot judge the moral world. God shows Job's ignorance of the natural world's elements related to the realm of heaven, weather, animals, and birds (38:4–21; 22–38; 39–39:30).

Theme notes and profiles

Complaints God’s Uniqueness

Events

Job's Trial

Related verses

Jeremiah 14:22
Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.
Psalm 107:35
He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.
Hebrews 6:7–8
For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God.
Psalm 104:10–14
He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.
Psalm 147:8–9
…who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
Isaiah 43:19–20
Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
Isaiah 35:1–2
The wilderness and the dry land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
Job 36:27
For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,
Isaiah 41:18–19
I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.

Glossary

Book of Job Desert Proverbs, Book of Wilderness Wisdom Literature

Topics

Blessing: Temporal, from God God: Creator God: Providence of God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Herbs: Require Rain Dew Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena: General Scriptures Concerning

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