Job 5:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַנֹּתֵ֣ן מָ֭טָר עַל־פְּנֵי־אָ֑רֶץ וְשֹׁ֥לֵֽחַ מַ֝יִם עַל־פְּנֵ֥י חוּצֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

the-nōtēn māṭār upon-pənê-ʾāreṣ wə-šōlēaḥ mayim upon-pənê ḥûṣōt

Grammar Details

*nōtēn*: Qal participle, masculine singular with definite article - the one giving
*māṭār*: noun, masculine singular - rain
*pənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - face of/surface of
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - earth/land
*wə*: conjunction - and
*šōlēaḥ*: Qal participle, masculine singular - sending
*mayim*: noun, masculine plural - waters
*ḥûṣōt*: noun, feminine plural - streets/fields/outside places

Word Meanings

*nōtēn*: giver/one who gives
*māṭār*: rain
*pənê*: face of/surface of
*ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground
*šōlēaḥ*: sender/one who sends
*mayim*: waters/water
*ḥûṣōt*: streets/fields/outplaces

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 147:8 : 8 Who covereth the heavens with clouds, Who prepareth rain for the earth, Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
Jer 5:24 : 24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; that preserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
Jer 14:22 : 22 Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things.
Acts 14:17 : 17 And {G2544} yet He left not himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.
Amos 4:7 : 7 And I also have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
Jer 10:13 : 13 when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.
Job 28:26 : 26 When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder;
Job 36:28 : 28 Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.
Job 38:26-28 : 26 To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man; 27 To satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], And to cause the tender grass to spring forth? 28 Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Ps 65:9-9 : 9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it, Thou greatly enrichest it; The river of God is full of water: Thou providest them grain, when thou hast so prepared the earth. 10 Thou waterest its furrows abundantly; Thou settlest the ridges thereof: Thou makest it soft with showers; Thou blessest the springing thereof. 11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; And thy paths drop fatness.

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