Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

to bring rain on a land {where no one lives}, a desert {where no humans live},

New American Standard Bible

To bring rain on a land without people,
On a desert without a man in it,

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

to bring rain on an uninhabited land,
on a desert with no human life,

International Standard Version

to bring rain upon a land without inhabitants, a desert in which no human beings live,

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


To bring rain on the uninhabited land,
And on the desert where no man lives,

Bible in Basic English

Causing rain to come on a land where no man is living, on the waste land which has no people;

Darby Translation

To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;

Julia Smith Translation

To cause it to rain upon the earth, not a man; the wilderness not a man in it?

King James 2000

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

Modern King James verseion

to cause rain to fall on the earth where no man is, a wilderness and no man in it;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

that it watereth and moistureth the dry and barren ground:

NET Bible

to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, a desert where there are no human beings,

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

To give rain over the no-man's land, the desert, where no son of earth is;

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

To cause it to rain on a land -- no man, A wilderness -- no man in it.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
To cause it to rain
מטר 
Matar 
Usage: 17

on the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

where no man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

is on the wilderness
מדבּר 
Midbar 
Usage: 271

Context Readings

Yahweh Interrogates Job

25 "Who has cut open a channel for the torrents and a way for [the] {thunder bolts}, 26 to bring rain on a land {where no one lives}, a desert {where no humans live}, 27 to satisfy desert and wasteland, and to cause [the ground] to put forth [the] rising of grass?


Cross References

Psalm 107:35

He turns a wilderness into a pool of water and a dry land into springs of water.

Job 36:27

Indeed, he draws up [the] drops of water; he distills [the] rain into its mist,

Psalm 104:10-14

[You are] the one who sends forth springs into the valleys; they flow between [the] mountains.

Psalm 147:8-9

who covers [the] heavens with clouds, who provides rain for the earth, who causes grass to grow on the mountains.

Isaiah 35:1-2

Wilderness and dry land shall be glad, and desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus.

Isaiah 41:18-19

I will open rivers on [the] barren heights and fountains in [the] midst of [the] valleys. I will make [the] wilderness like a pool of water and [the] land of dryness like springs of water.

Isaiah 43:19-20

Look! I [am] about to do a new thing! Now it sprouts! Do you not perceive it? Indeed, I will {make} a way in the wilderness, rivers in [the] desert.

Jeremiah 14:22

Are there [any] among the idols of the nation [who] cause rain to pour? Or can the heavens give showers? [Is] it not you, Yahweh our God? Therefore, we hope in you, for you do all these [things].

Hebrews 6:7-8

For ground that drinks the rain that comes often upon it, and brings forth vegetation usable to those [people] {for whose sake} [it is] also cultivated, shares a blessing from God.

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