Job 38:26
“To cause it to raine on the earth, where no man is: on the wildernesse wherein there is no man?”
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Job 38:26 Context
24By what way is the light parted? which scattereth the East wind vpon the earth. 25Who hath diuided a water-course for the ouerflowing of waters? or a way for the lightning of thunder, 26To cause it to raine on the earth, where no man is: on the wildernesse wherein there is no man? 27To satisfie the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the bud of the tender herbe to spring forth. 28Hath the raine a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
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Other Translations for Job 38:26
To cause it to rain on the earth, [where] no man [is; on] the wilderness, wherein [there is] no man;
- King James Version
To bring rain on a land without people, {On} a desert without a man in it,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
- American Standard Version (1901)
Causing rain to come on a land where no man is living, on the waste land which has no people;
- Basic English Bible
To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;
- Darby Bible
To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness in which there is no man;
- Webster's Bible
To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; on the wilderness, in which there is no man;
- World English Bible
To cause [it] to rain on a land -- no man, A wilderness -- no man in it.
- Youngs Literal Bible
To cause it to rain on a land where no man is, on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 38:26
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.