King James Version
Job 5:10 in the King James Version says “Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: fields: Heb. outplaces” — study this verse from Job chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: fields: Heb. outplaces”
Job 5:10 · KJV
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Which doeth great things and unsearchable ; marvellous things without number: unsearchable: Heb. there is no search without: Heb. till there be no number
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: fields: Heb. outplaces
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. their enterprise: or, any thing
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Who giveth”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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