Job 5 · Verse 10

Job 5:10

Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
Job 5:10, King James Version

Job 5:10 in other translations

BSBHe gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
WEBwho gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;
ASVWho giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields;
YLTWho is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.
DARBYWho giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields;
BBEWho gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields:
WebsterWho giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

What does Job 5:10 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth - The Chaldee gives this verse a fine turn: "Who gives rain on the face of the land of Israel, and sends waters on the face of the provinces of the people." Similar to our Lord's saying, which is expressed in the half of the compass: Your Father which is in heaven - Sendeth Rain on the Just and on the Unjust; Mat 5:45. Sendeth waters upon the fields - The term חצות chutsoth, which we translate fields, and generally signifies streets, may here mean those plantations which are laid out in ridges or plats, in an orderly, regular manner. God does not only send rain upon the earth in a general manner, but, by an especial providence, waters the cultivated ground, so that not one ridge is destitute of its due proportion of fructifying moisture.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 5:6-16

Eliphaz reminds Job, that no affliction comes by chance, nor is to be placed to second causes. The difference between prosperity and adversity is not so exactly observed, as that between day and night, summer and winter; but it is according to the will and counsel of God. We must not attribute our afflictions to fortune, for they are from God; nor our sins to fate, for they are from ourselves. Man is born in sin…

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Job 5:10 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.

הַנֹּתֵ֣ןha.no.Tenwho givesH5414
מָ֭טָרMa.torrainH4306
עַל\־'al-onH5921
פְּנֵי\־pe.nei-[the] surface ofH6440
אָ֑רֶץ'A.retz[the] earthH776
וְשֹׁ֥לֵֽחַve.Sho.le.achand [who] sendsH7971
מַ֝יִםMa.yimwaterH4325
עַל\־'al-onH5921
פְּנֵ֥יpe.Nei[the] surface ofH6440
חוּצֽוֹת\׃chu.Tzot[the] open placesH2351

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

Cross references for Job 5:10

  • Jeremiah 5:24

    Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

  • Acts 14:17

    Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

  • Psalms 147:8

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

  • Jeremiah 14:22

    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.

  • Psalms 65:9-11

    Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof. Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.

  • Job 28:26

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

  • Job 38:26-28

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

  • Jeremiah 10:13

    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.

  • Amos 4:7

    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.

  • Job 36:28

    Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
giveth.
28:26; Ps 65:9-11; 147:8; Jer 5:24; 10:13; 14:22; Am 4:7; Ac 14:17
fields. Heb. outplaces.
38:26-28

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Context

  • Job 5:9

    Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

  • Job 5:10

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

  • Job 5:11

    To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

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Job 5:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Que da la lluvia sobre la haz de la tierra, y envía las aguas por los campos:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Qui donne la pluie sur la face de la terre, et envoie des eaux sur la face des campagnes,
German
Elberfelder 1871		der Regen gibt auf die Fläche der Erde, und Wasser sendet auf die Fläche der Flur;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		qui dat pluviam super faciem terræ, et irrigat aquis universa;