26To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
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Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: …
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. …
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 25-41)Hitherto God had put such questions to Job as were proper to convince him of his ignorance and short-sightedness. Now he comes, in the same manner, to show his impotency and weakness. As it is but little that he knows, and therefore he ought not to arraign the divine counsels, so it is but little that he can do, and therefore he ought not to oppose the proceedings of Providence. Let him consider w…
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