Job 38:27

Translations

Modern

…to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?

Traditional

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

Literal

…to satisfy the waste and the desolation, and to make sprout the shoot of the grass?

Latin

…ut impleret inviam et desolatam, et produceret herbas virentes?

Original

Hebrew

English

…to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?

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

Psalm 107:35
He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.
Psalm 104:14
He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:

Glossary

Book of Job Proverbs, Book of Wisdom Literature

Topics

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

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