Job 38:27 to satisfy a desolate wasteland and make it sprout with grass?

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
to satisfy a desolate wasteland and make it sprout with grass?

English Standard Version
to satisfy the waste and desolate land, and to make the ground sprout with grass?

New American Standard Bible
To satisfy the waste and desolate land And to make the seeds of grass to sprout?

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
to satisfy the parched wasteland and cause the grass to sprout?

International Standard Version
to satisfy a desolate and devastated desert, causing it to sprout vegetation?

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
That it should fill the desert and desolate land, and should bring forth green grass?

Darby Bible Translation
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth?

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

Cross References

Job 37:13
He causes it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

Psalm 65:12
They drop on the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.

Psalm 104:13
He waters the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your works.

Psalm 104:14
He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

Psalm 107:35
He turns the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into springs.

Psalm 147:8
Who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the mountains.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's 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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

27. As though the desolate ground thirsted for God's showers. Personification. The beauty imparted to the uninhabited desert pleases God, for whom primarily all things exist, and He has ulterior designs in it.