Job 38:27

27 to satisfy a desolate wasteland and make it sprout with grass?

Job 38:27 in Other Translations

27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

27 to satisfy the waste and desolate land, and to make the ground sprout with grass?

27 Who sends rain to satisfy the parched ground and make the tender grass spring up?

27 Drenching the useless wastelands so they're carpeted with wildflowers and grass?

27 To satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?

27 to saturate the desolate wasteland in order to make it sprout with grass?

27 to satisfy the parched wasteland and cause the grass to sprout?

27 They satisfy the needs of dry and empty lands. They make grass start growing there.

Job 38:27 Meaning and Commentary

Job 38:27

To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground]
Which is exceeding desolate, and therefore two such words are used to express it; which is so dry and thirsty that it is one of the four things that say not it is enough, ( Proverbs 30:16 ) ; and yet God can and does give it rain to its full satisfaction, ( Psalms 104:13 ) ; so the Lord satisfies souls, comparable to dry and thirsty ground, by his word and ordinances, with the goodness and fatness of his house; see ( Psalms 63:1-5 ) ( 65:4 ) ;

and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
grass for the cattle, and herb for the service of men, ( Psalms 104:14 ) ; of like use is the word in a spiritual sense for the budding and increase of the graces of the Spirit in the Lord's people; see ( Deuteronomy 32:2 ) ( Isaiah 55:10 Isaiah 55:11 ) .

Job 38:27 In-Context

25 Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain, and a path for the thunderstorm,

26 to water a land where no one lives, an uninhabited desert,

27 to satisfy a desolate wasteland and make it sprout with grass?

28 Does the rain have a father? Who fathers the drops of dew?

29 From whose womb comes the ice? Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens

Cross References

• 1. S Job 28:26; S Job 37:13; S Psalms 104:14; Psalms 107:35