Job 38:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Ps 107:35 : 35 He turns the wilderness into pools of water, and dry land into water springs.
  • Ps 147:8-9 : 8 Who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow upon the mountains. 9 He gives to the beast its 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 like the rose. 2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the majesty of our God.
  • Job 36:27 : 27 For he makes small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to their vapor:
  • Ps 104:10-14 : 10 He sends the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. 11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild donkeys quench their thirst. 12 By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation, which sing among the branches. 13 He waters the hills from His chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works. 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;
  • Isa 43:19-20 : 19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. 20 The beast of the field shall honor Me, the jackals 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 idols of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are You not He, O LORD our God? Therefore we will wait upon You, for You have made all these things.
  • Heb 6:7-8 : 7 For the land that drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and produces crops useful to those for whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God: 8 But that which bears thorns and thistles is rejected, and is near to being cursed, its 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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    27To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the sprout of tender grass to spring forth?

    28Does the rain have a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

  • Job 38:24-25
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    82%

    24By what way is the light distributed, which scatters the east wind upon the earth?

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

  • Job 36:27-29
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    78%

    27For he makes small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to their vapor:

    28Which the clouds drop and distill upon man abundantly.

    29Also can anyone understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tent?

  • Job 37:6
    77%

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

  • Job 5:10
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    10Who gives rain upon the earth, and sends waters upon the fields:

  • Ps 135:7
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    7He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning for the rain; he brings the wind out of his treasuries.

  • Jer 51:16
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    16When He utters His voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; He makes lightnings with rain, and brings forth the wind out of His treasures.

  • Job 37:11-12
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    11Also by watering he burdens the thick cloud, he scatters his bright cloud.

    12And it turns around by his counsel, so that they may do whatever he commands them on the face of the world in the earth.

  • Jer 14:22
    74%

    22Are there any among the idols of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are You not He, O LORD our God? Therefore we will wait upon You, for You have made all these things.

  • Job 28:26
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    26When he made a decree for the rain, and a path for the lightning of the thunder,

  • Job 38:34-35
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    34Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that an abundance of water may cover you?

    35Can you send out lightnings, that they may go, and say to you, Here we are?

  • Amos 4:7
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    7And also I have withheld the rain from you, when there were still 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 where it did not rain withered.

  • Ps 107:33-35
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    73%

    33He turns rivers into a wilderness, and the water springs into dry ground;

    34A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of those who dwell therein.

    35He turns the wilderness into pools of water, and dry land into water springs.

  • Isa 55:10
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    10For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and does not return there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

  • Ezek 34:26
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    26And I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.

  • Zech 10:1
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    1Ask the LORD for rain in the time of the latter rain. The LORD will make bright clouds and give them showers of rain, to everyone grass in the field.

  • Jer 10:13
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    13When he utters his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning with rain, and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.

  • Job 12:15
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    15Behold, He withholds the waters, and they dry up: also He sends them out, and they overturn the earth.

  • Job 36:32
    72%

    32With clouds he covers the light; and commands it not to shine by the cloud that comes between.

  • Isa 41:18
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    18I 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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    72%

    5And 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 no man to till the ground.

    6But a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.

  • Job 26:8
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    8He binds up the waters in His thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

  • Ps 147:8
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    8Who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow upon the mountains.

  • Jer 14:4
    72%

    4Because the ground is cracked, for there was no rain on the earth, the farmers were ashamed, they covered their heads.

  • Job 28:4
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    4The flood breaks out from the dweller; even the waters forgotten by the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from mankind.

  • Job 38:37
    71%

    37Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

  • 2 Kgs 3:17
    71%

    17For thus says the LORD: 'You shall not see wind, nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you may drink, both you and your cattle and your animals.'

  • Heb 6:7
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    7For the land that drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and produces crops useful to those for whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God:

  • Nah 1:4
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    4He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers: Bashan languishes, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languishes.

  • Job 37:3
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    3He directs it under the whole heaven, and his lightning to the ends of the earth.

  • Jer 17:6
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    6For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good comes; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.

  • Job 39:6
    70%

    6Whose home I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwelling.

  • Isa 50:2
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    2Why, 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 stink because there is no water and die for thirst.

  • Ps 104:13
    70%

    13He waters the hills from His chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works.

  • Job 28:11
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    11He binds the floods from overflowing; and the hidden thing he brings forth to light.

  • Job 37:21
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    21And now men do not see the bright light which is in the clouds, but the wind passes and clears them.

  • Ps 65:10
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    10You water its ridges abundantly; You settle its furrows; You make it soft with showers; You bless its growth.

  • Ps 148:8
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    8Fire and hail, snow and vapor, stormy wind fulfilling His word;

  • Eccl 11:3
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    3If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if the tree falls toward the south or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it shall be.

  • Isa 42:15
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    15I will lay waste the mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

  • Hag 1:10
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    10Therefore the heavens above you withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.