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Job 38:27
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KJ21
to satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
ASV
To satisfy the waste and desolate ground, And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
AMP
To satisfy the barren and desolate ground And to make the seeds of grass to sprout?
AMPC
To satisfy the waste and desolate ground and to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
BRG
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
CSB
to satisfy the parched wasteland and cause the grass to sprout?
CSBA
to satisfy the parched wasteland and cause the grass to sprout?
CEB
to saturate dry wasteland and make grass sprout?
CJB
drenching the waste and desolate [ground], till the tender grass sprouts?
CEV
Rain that changes barren land to meadows green with grass.
DARBY
To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground], and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth?
DRA
That it should fill the desert and desolate land, and should bring forth green grass?
ERV
The rain gives that dry empty land all the water it needs, and grass begins to grow.
EASY
The rain falls on dry ground where nothing grows. It causes grass to grow there again.
EHV
The rain satisfies the wilderness and wasteland and causes the dry ground to produce green plants.
ESV
to satisfy the waste and desolate land, and to make the ground sprout with grass?
ESVUK
to satisfy the waste and desolate land, and to make the ground sprout with grass?
EXB
Who sends rain to satisfy the ·empty [L ruined and desolate] land so the grass begins to grow?
GNV
To fulfill the wild and waste place, and to cause the bud of the herb to spring forth?
GW
to saturate the desolate wasteland in order to make it sprout with grass?
GNT
Who waters the dry and thirsty land, so that grass springs up?
HCSB
to satisfy the parched wasteland and cause the grass to sprout?
ICB
Who sends rain to satisfy the empty land so the grass begins to grow?
ISV
to satisfy a desolate and devastated desert, causing it to sprout vegetation?
JUB
to satisfy the desolate and waste ground and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
KJV
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
AKJV
to satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
LSB
To satisfy the waste and desolate land And to make the growth of grass to sprout?
LEB
to satisfy desert and wasteland, and to cause the ground to put forth the rising of grass?
TLB
Who dug the valleys for the torrents of rain? Who laid out the path for the lightning, causing the rain to fall upon the barren deserts, so that the parched and barren ground is satisfied with water and tender grass springs up?
MSG
“Have you ever traveled to where snow is made, seen the vault where hail is stockpiled, The arsenals of hail and snow that I keep in readiness for times of trouble and battle and war? Can you find your way to where lightning is launched, or to the place from which the wind blows? Who do you suppose carves canyons for the downpours of rain, and charts the route of thunderstorms That bring water to unvisited fields, deserts no one ever lays eyes on, Drenching the useless wastelands so they’re carpeted with wildflowers and grass? And who do you think is the father of rain and dew, the mother of ice and frost? You don’t for a minute imagine these marvels of weather just happen, do you?
MEV
to satisfy the desolate waste, and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
NOG
to saturate the desolate wasteland in order to make it sprout with grass?
NABRE
To drench the desolate wasteland till the desert blooms with verdure?
NASB
To satisfy the waste and desolate land, And to make the seeds of grass to sprout?
NASB1995
To satisfy the waste and desolate land And to make the seeds of grass to sprout?
NCB
and thus reinvigorate the wastes and the desolate land, enabling grass to sprout on the thirsty ground?
NCV
Who sends rain to satisfy the empty land so the grass begins to grow?
NET
to satisfy a devastated and desolate land, and to cause it to sprout with vegetation?
NIRV
They satisfy the needs of dry and empty lands. They make grass start growing there.
NIV
to satisfy a desolate wasteland and make it sprout with grass?
NIVUK
to satisfy a desolate wasteland and make it sprout with grass?
NKJV
To satisfy the desolate waste, And cause to spring forth the growth of tender grass?
NLV
to fill the need of the wasted land, and to make the grass grow?
NLT
Who sends rain to satisfy the parched ground and make the tender grass spring up?
NRSVA
to satisfy the waste and desolate land, and to make the ground put forth grass?
NRSVACE
to satisfy the waste and desolate land, and to make the ground put forth grass?
NRSVCE
to satisfy the waste and desolate land, and to make the ground put forth grass?
NRSVUE
to satisfy the waste and desolate land, and to make the ground put forth grass?
OJB
To saturate a desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the desheh to spring forth?
RGT
“to satisfy the wild and waste place, and to cause the bud of the herb to spring forth?
RSV
to satisfy the waste and desolate land, and to make the ground put forth grass?
RSVCE
to satisfy the waste and desolate land, and to make the ground put forth grass?
TLV
to satisfy a devastated and desolate land, and cause it to sprout grass?
VOICE
So that the desolate desert and the withering wasteland are satisfied, so that the grass is made to sprout in that seemingly forsaken place?
WEB
to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to grow?
WYC
That it should [ful]fill a land without (a) way and desolate, and should bring forth green herbs?
YLT
To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?
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