King James Version
Job 38:27 in the King James Version says “To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?” — study this verse from Job chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?”
Job 38:27 · KJV
Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“To satisfy”
H7646to sate, i.e., fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
“to spring forth”
H6779to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
“ground and to cause the bud”
H4161a going forth, i.e., (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit; hence, a source or product; specifically, dawn, the rising of the sun (the east), ex
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