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Job 38:26

to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לְ֭הַמְטִירLe.ham.tirto send rainH4305 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
אֶ֣רֶץ'E.retza landH776 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
אִ֑ישׁ'IshanyoneH376 →
מִ֝דְבָּ֗רmid.Bara wildernessH4057 →
לֹא־lo'-[which] notH3808 →
אָדָ֥ם'a.DamanyoneH120 →
בּֽוֹ׃bo[is] in it

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Jeremiah 14:22Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.Psalms 107:35He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.Hebrews 6:7–8For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God.Isaiah 43:19–20Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.Psalms 104:10–14He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.Psalms 147:8–9who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.Job 36:27For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,Isaiah 35:1–2The wilderness and the land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.Isaiah 41:18–19I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.

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