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Job 38:26–28

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26They bring water to places where no one lives.

They water deserts that do not have anyone in them.

27They satisfy the needs of dry and empty lands.

They make grass start growing there.

28Does the rain have a father?

Who is the father of the drops of dew?

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

to bring rain on a land where no man is,

on the desert in which there is no man,

to satisfy the waste and desolate land,

and to make the ground sprout with grass?

“Has the rain a father,

or who has begotten the drops of dew?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

to water a land where no one lives,

an uninhabited desert,

to satisfy a desolate wasteland

and make it sprout with grass?

Does the rain have a father?

Who fathers the drops of dew?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

to bring rain on an uninhabited land,

on a desert with no human life,

to satisfy the parched wasteland

and cause the grass to sprout?

Does the rain have a father?

Who fathered the drops of dew?

NLTNew Living Translation

Who makes the rain fall on barren land,

in a desert where no one lives?

Who sends rain to satisfy the parched ground

and make the tender grass spring up?

“Does the rain have a father?

Who gives birth to the dew?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

to bring rain on a land where no one lives,

a desert where no humans live,

to satisfy desert and wasteland,

and to cause the ground to put forth the rising of grass?

Is there a father for the rain,

or who fathered the drops of dew?

KJV 1900King James Version

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?