Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
to cause rain to fall on the earth where no man is, a wilderness and no man in it;
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 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 cut a channel for the flood, or a way for the thunderclaps; 26 to cause rain to fall on the earth where no man is, a wilderness and no man in it; 27 to satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the source of grass to spring forth?
Cross References
Psalm 107:35
He turns the wilderness into water-ponds, and dry ground into water-springs.
Job 36:27
For He draws up the drops of water; they distill rain into mist,
Psalm 104:10-14
He sends the springs into the valleys; they flow between the hills.
Psalm 147:8-9
who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
Isaiah 35:1-2
The wilderness and the desert shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the crocus.
Isaiah 41:18-19
I will open rivers in high places, 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 will do a new thing; now it shall sprout; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.
Jeremiah 14:22
Are there any among the vanities of the nations who make rain fall? Or can the heavens give showers? Is it not You, O Jehovah our God? Then we will wait on You; for You do all these things.
Hebrews 6:7-8
(For the earth which drinks in the rain that comes often upon it, and brings forth plants fit for those by whom it is dressed, receives blessing from God.