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

Read Job 38:27 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

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 Quem repartiu um canal às correntezas de águas, e caminho aos relâmpagos dos trovões,

26 Para chover sobre a terra [onde] havia ninguém, [sobre] o deserto, onde não há gente,

27 Para fartar [a terra] deserta e desolada, e para fazer crescer aos renovos da erva.

28 Por acaso a chuva tem pai? Ou quem gera as gotas do orvalho?

29 De qual ventre procede o gelo? E quem gera a geada do céu?

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What Does Job 38:27 Mean?

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