Job 38:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,”
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“to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;”
King James Version · Public Domain“To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“To cause <FI>it<Fi> to rain on a land--no man, A wilderness--no man in it.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 38:26 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 36:27For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,
- Psalms 104:10He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.
- Psalms 107:35He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.
- Psalms 147:8who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
- Isaiah 35:1The wilderness and the land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
- Isaiah 41:18I 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.
- Isaiah 43:19Behold, 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.
- Jeremiah 10:13When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
- Jeremiah 14:22Can 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.
- Hebrews 6:7For 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.
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