Verse | Translation | Text |
Job 38:27 | World English | to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to spring forth? |
King James | To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? |
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
As though the desolate ground thirsted for God's showers. Personification. The beauty imparted to the uninhabited desert pleases God, for whom primarily all things exist, and He has ulterior designs in it. |