Job 38:27 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Job 38:27 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 38:27 in 6 Bible Translations

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Job 38:27 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to grow?”

Job 38:27 — World English Bible

Job 38:27 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“To satisfy the waste and desolate ground, And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?”

Job 38:27 — American Standard Version

Job 38:27 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?”

Job 38:27 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 38:27 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground], and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth?”

Job 38:27 — Darby Translation

Job 38:27 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“To fulfil the wilde and waste place, and to cause the bud of the herbe to spring forth?”

Job 38:27 — Geneva Bible

Job 38:27 in Context — Job 38

25 ¿Quién repartió conducto al turbión, y camino á los relámpagos y truenos,

26 Haciendo llover sobre la tierra deshabitada, sobre el desierto, donde no hay hombre,

27 Para hartar la [tierra] desierta é inculta, y para hacer brotar la tierna hierba?

28 ¿Tiene la lluvia padre? ¿ó quién engendró las gotas del rocío?

29 ¿De qué vientre salió el hielo? y la escarcha del cielo, ¿quién la engendró?

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What Does Job 38:27 Mean?

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