Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
on a desert with no human life,
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;
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
or clears the way for lightning,
on a desert with no human life,
and cause the grass to sprout?
Cross References
Psalm 107:35
dry land into springs of water.
Job 36:27
they distill the rain into its
Psalm 104:10-14
they flow between the mountains.
Psalm 147:8-9
prepares rain for the earth,
and causes grass to grow on the hills.
Isaiah 35:1-2
the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
Isaiah 41:18-19
and springs in the middle of the plains.
I will turn the desert into a pool of water
and dry land into springs of water.
Isaiah 43:19-20
even now it is coming. Do you not see it?
Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness,
rivers
Jeremiah 14:22
Or can the skies alone give showers?
Are You not the Lord our God?
We therefore put our hope in You,
for You have done all these things.
Hebrews 6:7-8
For ground that has drunk the rain that has often fallen on it and that produces vegetation useful to those it is cultivated for receives a blessing from God.