Job 38:27

The LORD Challenges Job

26to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives, 27to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass? 28Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?

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Berean Standard Bible
to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?
American Standard Version (1901)
To satisfy the waste and desolate ground, And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
Bible in Basic English
To give water to the land where there is waste and destruction, and to make the dry land green with young grass?
Free Bible Version
to water a parched wasteland to make the green grass grow?
King James (Authorized) Version
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
Translation for Translators
Who sends the rain that gives moisture/water to areas where nothing has grown, with the result that grass begins to grow again?
Unlocked Literal Bible
to satisfy the devastated and desolate places, and to make the ground sprout with grass?
Noah Webster Bible
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground ; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
World English Bible
to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to grow?
Young's Literal Translation
To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?