Job 38:26

King James Version 1611 (Original)

To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

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  • Ps 107:35 : 35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
  • Ps 147:8-9 : 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. 9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
  • Isa 35:1-2 : 1 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. 2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
  • Job 36:27 : 27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
  • Ps 104:10-14 : 10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. 11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst. 12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches. 13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. 14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
  • Isa 43:19-20 : 19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. 20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
  • Jer 14:22 : 22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
  • Heb 6:7-8 : 7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: 8 But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
  • Isa 41:18-19 : 18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. 19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 38:27-28
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    27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

    28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

  • Job 38:24-25
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    24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

    25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

  • Job 36:27-29
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    27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:

    28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.

    29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?

  • 6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

  • 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

  • 7 He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.

  • 16 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

  • Job 37:11-12
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    11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

    12 And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.

  • 22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

  • 26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:

  • Job 38:34-35
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    34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

    35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

  • 7 And also I 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.

  • Ps 107:33-35
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    33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

    34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

    35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

  • 10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

  • 26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.

  • 1 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

  • 13 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

  • 15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

  • 32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.

  • 18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

  • Gen 2:5-6
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    5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

    6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

  • 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

  • 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

  • 4 Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

  • 4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.

  • 37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

  • 17 For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.

  • 7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:

  • 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

  • 3 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.

  • 6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.

  • 6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

  • 2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

  • 13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.

  • 11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

  • 21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

  • 10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.

  • 8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:

  • 3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

  • 15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

  • 10 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.