Job 38:26

Bishops' Bible (1568)

To cause it to rayne on the earth where no man is, and in the wildernesse where none inhabiteth?

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  • Ps 107:35 : 35 Contrary he reduceth a wyldernes into a standing water: and a drye ground into water springes.
  • Ps 147:8-9 : 8 Who couereth the heauen with cloudes: who prepareth rayne for the earth, who maketh grasse to growe vppon the mountaynes. 9 He geueth vnto cattell their foode: euen vnto Rauens which call for it.
  • Isa 35:1-2 : 1 But the desert & wildernesse shall reioyce, the waste ground shall be glad and florishe as the Lilie. 2 She shall florishe pleasauntly and be ioyfull, and euer be geuing thankes more and more: For the glorie of Libanus, the beautie of Charmel and Saron shalbe geuen her: These shall knowe the honour of the Lorde, & the maiestie of our God.
  • Job 36:27 : 27 Sometime he restrayneth the rayne, and againe he sendeth rayne by his cloudes:
  • Ps 104:10-14 : 10 Who also causeth the springes which runne betweene the hilles: to flowe into the riuers. 11 All beastes of the fielde drinke therof: and the wylde asses quench their thirst. 12 The foules of the ayre haue their habitation nigh vnto them: singing out of the midst of the bowes of trees. 13 He watereth the hilles from aboue: the earth is replenished with the fruite of thy workes. 14 He causeth grasse to growe for cattell: and hearbes for the vse of man.
  • Isa 43:19-20 : 19 Beholde, I shall make a newe thing, and shortly shall it appeare, and shall you not knowe it? I wyll make a way in the desert, and riuers of water in the wyldernesse. 20 The wilde beastes shall worship me, the dragons and the young Estriches: for I shall geue water in the wyldernesse, and streames in the desert, that they may geue drinke to my people whom I chose.
  • Jer 14:22 : 22 Are there any among the gods of the gentiles that sende rayne, or geue the showres from heauen? Art not thou thy selfe our Lorde God? we wyll trust in thee, for thou doest all these thynges.
  • Heb 6:7-8 : 7 For the earth which drynketh in the rayne that commeth oft vppon it, and bringeth foorth hearbes meete for them by whom also it is dressed, receaueth blessyng of God: 8 But that grounde whiche beareth thornes and bryers, is reproued, and is nye vnto cursyng, whose ende is to be burned.
  • Isa 41:18-19 : 18 I bryng foorth fluddes in the hilles, and welles in the playne fieldes: I turne the wildernesse to riuers, and the drye lande to conduites of water. 19 I plant in the waste grounde trees of Cedar, Boxe, Myrre, and Oliues, and in the drie I set Firre trees, Elmes, and Hawthornes together.

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  • Job 38:27-28
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    27 To satisfie the desolate and waste grounde, and to cause the budde of the hearbe to spring foorth.

    28 Who is the father of the rayne? or who hath begotten the droppes of the deawe?

  • Job 38:24-25
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    24 By what way is the light parted? and into what land breaketh the east winde?

    25 Who deuideth the waters into diuers chanels? or who maketh a way for the lightening and thunder,

  • Job 36:27-29
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    27 Sometime he restrayneth the rayne, and againe he sendeth rayne by his cloudes:

    28 Which rayne the cloudes do droppe, and let fall aboundantly vpon men.

    29 Who can consider the spreadinges out of his cloudes, the coueringes of his tabernacle?

  • 6 He commaundeth the snow, and it falleth vpon earth: he geueth the rayne a charge, and the showres haue their strength and fall downe.

  • 10 He geueth rayne vpon the earth, and powreth water vpon the streetes,

  • 7 He causeth cloudes to ascende from the lowest part of the earth: he maketh it to lighten when it rayneth, he bringeth wyndes out of his treasure houses.

  • 16 Assoone as he letteth his voyce be hearde, the waters in the ayre waxe fierce: he draweth vp the cloudes from the endes of the earth, he turneth the lightnynges to rayne, he bryngeth the wyndes out of their secrete places.

  • Job 37:11-12
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    11 He maketh the cloudes to labour in geuing moystnesse, and againe with his light he dryueth away the cloude.

    12 He turneth the heauens about by his gouernement, that they may do whatsoeuer he commaundeth them vpon the whole worlde.

  • 22 Are there any among the gods of the gentiles that sende rayne, or geue the showres from heauen? Art not thou thy selfe our Lorde God? we wyll trust in thee, for thou doest all these thynges.

  • 26 When he made a decree for the rayne, and a way for the lightninges of the thunder:

  • Job 38:34-35
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    34 Moreouer, canst thou lift vp thy voyce to the cloudes, that they may powre downe a great rayne vpon thee?

    35 Canst thou send the lightninges also, that they may go their way, and be obedient vnto thee, saying, Lo here are we?

  • 7 And also I haue withholden the rayne from you when there were yet three monethes to the haruest, and I caused it to rayne vpon one citie, and haue not caused it to rayne vpon an other citie: one peece was raigned vpon, & the peece whervpon it rayned not, withered.

  • Ps 107:33-35
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    33 He turneth fluddes into a wildernes: and waterspringes into a drye grounde.

    34 He maketh a fruitfull grounde barren: for the wickednes of them that dwell therein.

    35 Contrary he reduceth a wyldernes into a standing water: and a drye ground into water springes.

  • 10 And lyke as the rayne and snowe commeth downe from heauen, and returneth not thyther agayne, but watereth the earth, maketh it fruitfull and greene, that it may geue corne vnto the sower, and bread to hym that eateth:

  • 26 And I wyll set them as a blessing euen rounde about my hill, and I wyll cause raine to come downe in due season, and there shalbe raine of blessing.

  • 1 Pray the Lorde then betimes to geue the latter rayne, so shall the Lorde make bright cloudes, and geue you rayne inough, and to euery one grasse in the fielde.

  • 13 At his voyce the waters gathered together in the ayre, he draweth vp the cloudes from the vttermost partes of the earth, he turneth lightning to raine, and bringeth foorth the windes out of their treasures.

  • 15 Beholde, if he withholde the waters, they drye vp: yf he let them go, they destroy the earth.

  • 32 With the cloudes he hydeth the light, and at his commaundement it breaketh out:

  • 18 I bryng foorth fluddes in the hilles, and welles in the playne fieldes: I turne the wildernesse to riuers, and the drye lande to conduites of water.

  • Gen 2:5-6
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    5 And euery plant of the fielde before it was in the earth, and euery hearbe of the fielde before it grewe. For the Lord God had not yet caused it to rayne vppon the earth, neither was there a man to tyll the grounde.

    6 But there went vp a miste from the earth, & watered the whole face of the grounde.

  • 8 He byndeth the water in his cloudes, & the cloude is not broken vnder them.

  • 8 Who couereth the heauen with cloudes: who prepareth rayne for the earth, who maketh grasse to growe vppon the mountaynes.

  • 4 For the grounde is dryed, because there commeth no rayne vpon it: the plowmen also be ashamed and couer their heades.

  • 4 He causeth the fluddes to breake out against the inhabitant, and the waters forgotten of the foote, beyng hygher then man, are gone away.

  • 37 Who numbreth the cloudes in wysdome? who stilleth the vehement waters of the heauen?

  • 17 For thus saith the Lorde: Ye shall see neither wynde nor rayne, yet the valley shall be filled with water, that ye maye drinke, both ye, and your beastes, & your cattayle:

  • 7 For the earth which drynketh in the rayne that commeth oft vppon it, and bringeth foorth hearbes meete for them by whom also it is dressed, receaueth blessyng of God:

  • 4 He rebuketh the sea and dryeth it vp, all the riuers also he maketh drye: Basan and Carmel are destroyed, the spring also of Libanon is destroyed.

  • 3 He directeth it vnder the whole heauen, and his light vnto the endes of the worlde.

  • 6 He shalbe like the heath that groweth in wildernesse: As for the good thyng that is for to come, he shall not see it, but dwell in a drye place of the wildernesse, in a salt and vnoccupied lande.

  • 6 Euen I which haue geuen the wyldernesse to be their house, and the vntilled land to be their dwelling.

  • 2 For why woulde no man receaue me when I came? and when I called, no man gaue me aunswere? Is my hande shortened that it myght not helpe? or haue I not power to deliuer? lo, at a worde I drynke vp the sea, & of water fluddes I make drye lande: so that for want of water the fishe corrupt and dye for thirste.

  • 13 He watereth the hilles from aboue: the earth is replenished with the fruite of thy workes.

  • 11 He bindeth the fluddes that they do not ouerflow: and the thing that is hid bringeth he to light.

  • 21 For men see not the light that shineth in the cloudes: but the winde passeth and cleanseth them.

  • 10 Thou waterest her forowes, thou breakest downe her hillockes: thou makest it soft with the drops of rayne, and blessest the increase of it.

  • 8 Fire and hayle, snowe and vapours: stormie wynde fulfyllyng his worde.

  • 3 When the cloudes are full, they powre out raine vpon the earth. And when the tree falleth, whether it be towarde the south or north, in what place soeuer it fall, there it lieth.

  • 15 I wyll make waste both mountaine and hill, and drye vp euery greene thing that groweth theron: I wyll drye vp the fluddes to become Ilandes, and drinke vp the riuers.

  • 10 Therfore vpon you the heauen is stayed from deawe, & the earth is stayed from yeelding her increase.