Job 38:26

World English Bible (2000)

To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; on the wilderness, in which there is no man;

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  • Ps 107:35 : 35 He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.
  • Ps 147:8-9 : 8 who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains. 9 He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call.
  • Isa 35:1-2 : 1 The wilderness and the dry land will be glad. The desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose. 2 It will blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing. Lebanon's glory Lebanon will be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and Sharon. They will see Yahweh's glory, the excellence of our God.
  • Job 36:27 : 27 For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,
  • Ps 104:10-14 : 10 He sends forth springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains. 11 They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst. 12 The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches. 13 He waters the mountains from his rooms. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works. 14 He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth:
  • Isa 43:19-20 : 19 Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs forth now. Don't you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. 20 The animals of the field shall honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give water 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 nations that can cause rain? or can the sky give showers? Aren't you he, Yahweh our God? therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things.
  • Heb 6:7-8 : 7 For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it, and brings forth a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receives blessing from God; 8 but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned.
  • Isa 41:18-19 : 18 I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs 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 put cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oil trees in the wilderness. I will set fir trees, pine, and box trees together in the desert;

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    27 to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to spring forth?

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  • Job 38:24-25
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    24 By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?

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  • Job 36:27-29
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    27 For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,

    28 Which the skies pour down and which drop on man abundantly.

    29 Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, and the thunderings of his pavilion?

  • Job 37:6
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    33 He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,

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    26 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.

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  • Jer 10:13
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    32 He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.

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    5 No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,

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    8 who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains.

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    4 Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed, they cover their heads.

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    4 He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.

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

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    17 For thus says Yahweh, 'You will not see wind, neither will you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, and you will drink, both you and your livestock and your animals.

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