Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
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
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;
Lexham Expanded Bible
to bring rain on a land {where no one lives}, a desert {where no humans live},
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.
Themes
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 38:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Interrogates Job
25
"Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain and a way for the thunderbolt,
26
On a desert without a man in it,
Cross References
Psalm 107:35
He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water.
Job 36:27
For he draws up the drops of water; they distill his mist in rain,
Psalm 104:10-14
You make springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the hills;
Psalm 147:8-9
He covers the heavens with clouds; he prepares rain for the earth; he makes grass grow on the hills.
Isaiah 35:1-2
The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus;
Isaiah 41:18-19
I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Isaiah 43:19-20
Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
Jeremiah 14:22
Are there any among the false gods of the nations that can bring rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are you not he, O LORD our God? We set our hope on you, for you do all these things.
Hebrews 6:7-8
For land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God.