"To satisfy the desolate and waste {ground}; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?" — Job 38:27

Job 38:27 · KJV

“To satisfy the desolate and waste {ground}; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?”

— Job 38:27

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

Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

Job 38 — Context

Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

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?

Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

Cross References

Psalms 107:35

He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

Psalms 104:14

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;