Job 38:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Job 38:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To satisfy the desolate and waste ground - As if it lifted an imploring voice to God, and he sent down the rain to satisfy it. The desert is thus like a thirsty pilgrim. It is parched, and thirst...
Job 38:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Wonders of the Inanimate Creation. Where was Job when the earth was made? The work of creation is described as the building of a house. In Job 38:7 the stars, which are older than the world (...
Job 38:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

To satisfy the desolate and waste ground ; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? To satisfy the desolate and waste - The thunder cloud not only explodes over inhabited countries,...
Job 38:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? As though the desolate ground thirsted for God's showers. Personification. The beauty imparte...
Job 38:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The First Speech of the Almighty ( Job 38:39 ) The marvels of creation, which witness to the infinite wisdom, power, and watchful care of the Creator, are presented to Job in such a way as to forc...
Job 38:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XXVII. "MUSIC IN THE BOUNDS OF LAW" Job 38:1-41 OVER the shadowed life of Job, and the world shadowed for him by his own intellectual and moral gloom, a storm sweeps, and from the storm issues...
Job 38:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

What Man Cannot Do Job 38:19-41 In this chapter a number of nature-pictures pass before us. These include the creation of the earth, Job 38:4-7 ; the sea, Job 38:8-11 ; light, Job 38:12-15 ;...
Job 38:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here begins the third movement in the great drama, that which deals with the controversy between Jehovah and Job. Out of the midst of the whirlwind the divine voice speaks. Its first word is a challe...
Job 38:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(4) В¶ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. (5) Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?...
Job 38:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground] ,.... Which is exceeding desolate, and therefore two such words are used to express it; which is so dry and thirsty that it is one of the four things that...
Job 38:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground]; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? Ver. 27. To satisfy the desolate and waste ground ] The waste and waste ground, saith Broughton...
Job 38:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

To cause it to rain , &c. That the clouds, being broken by lightning and thunder, might pour down rain. On the wilderness wherein there is no man? Namely, no one to water those parts by art an...
Job 38:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Marvellously, God Himself directly intervenes in this discussion so early in the history of man. The storm that had been brewing as Elihu spoke becomes a whirlwind, and God spoke to Job out of the wh...
Job 38:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

God's Sovereign Dominion and Goodness. B. C. 1520. 25 Who hath divided a watercourse f...
Job 38:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To satisfy, by raining, not sparingly, but liberally and abundantly upon it. To cause the bud of the tender herb to springforth; there being many excellent and useful herbs found in desert places...
Job 38:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

JEHOVAH’S ADDRESS TO JOB Elihu had now said all he intended. Possibly interrupted by the storm which had been gathering during his speech. Out of the storm-cloud, from which already issued thund...
Job 38:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 38:1 . The whirlwind. Clouds and flames are the chariots of the Lord, in deigning to speak with men. When he spake to Elijah in Horeb, it was with wind, and fire, and earthquake. Likewise in...
Job 38:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

To cause it to rain on the earth. Rain and grace-a comparison We shall work out a parallel between grace and rain. I. God alone giveth rain and the same is true of grace. We say of rain and...
Job 38:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

CLOSE OF THE CONTROVERSY BY THE INTERFERENCE OF THE ALMIGHTY . EXPOSITION The discourse, by which the Almighty answers Job and rebukes his "friends," occupies four chapters (...
Job 38:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's Majesty in the Forces of NatuRev. 16. Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea, the great fountains of the deep, Genesis 7, 11? Or hast thou walked in the search of the depth, to exam...
Job 38:27 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

God Speaks to Job Job 38:1-41 to Job 42:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS God's words to Job do not carry much by way of the explanation of redemption. Job was a child of God, and well-instructed...
Job 38:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To bring forth — Hitherto God has put such questions to Job, as were proper to convince him of his ignorance. Now he comes to convince him of his impotence. As it is but little that he can know, an...

Job 38:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 38:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 38:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 38:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 38:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 38:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 38:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 38:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 38:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 38:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 38:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 38:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 38:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 38:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 38:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 38:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 38:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 38:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 38:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 38:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 38:27 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Job 38:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes