Job 38 · Verse 27

Job 38:27

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

Job 38:27, King James Version

Job 38:27 in other translations

BSB	to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?
WEB	to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to grow?
ASV	To satisfy the waste and desolate ground, And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
YLT	To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?
DARBY	To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth?
BBE	To give water to the land where there is waste and destruction, and to make the dry land green with young grass?
Webster	To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

What does Job 38:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 38:19-38

19-38. The marvels in heaven. "What is the way (to the place wherein) light dwelleth?" The origin of light and darkness. In Ge 1:3-5, 14-18, "light" is created distinct from, and previous to, light-emitting bodies, the luminaries of heaven.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 27 To satisfy the desolate and waste - The thunder cloud not only explodes over inhabited countries, that the air may be purified and the rain sent down to fertilize the earth, but it is conducted over deserts where there is no human inhabitant; and this to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth: for there are beasts, fowls, and insects, that inhabit the desert and the wilderness, and must be nourished by the productions of the ground. Every tribe of animals was made by the hand of God, and even the lowest of them is supported by his kind providence.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 38:25-41

Hitherto God had put questions to Job to show him his ignorance; now God shows his weakness. As it is but little that he knows, he ought not to arraign the Divine counsels; it is but little he can do, therefore he ought not to oppose the ways of Providence. See the all-sufficiency of the Divine Providence; it has wherewithal to satisfy the desire of every living thing. And he that takes care of the young ravens…

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Job 38:27 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לְהַשְׂבִּ֣יעַle.has.Bi.a'to satisfyH7646

שֹׁ֭אָהSho.'ahdevastationH7722

וּמְשֹׁאָ֑הu.me.sho.'Ahand desolationH4875

וּ֝לְהַצְמִ֗יחַu.le.hatz.Mi.achand to cause to sproutH6779

מֹ֣צָאMo.tza'a going forth ofH4161

דֶֽשֶׁא\׃De.she'vegetationH1877

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 38:27

Psalms 107:35
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
Psalms 104:14
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;

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Context

Job 38:26
To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
Job 38:27
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
Job 38:28
Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

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Job 38:27 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Para hartar la tierra desierta é inculta, y para hacer brotar la tierna hierba?
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Pour rassasier les lieux désolés et déserts, pour faire germer les pousses de l’herbe?
German Elberfelder 1871	um zu sättigen die Öde und Verödung, und um hervorsprießen zu lassen die Triebe des Grases?
Latin Clementine Vulgate	ut impleret inviam et desolatam, et produceret herbas virentes?