Job 38:26

“to bring rain on a land without man, a wilderness in which there is no human being,”

Job 38:26 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 38:26, word by word

to bring rainהַמְטִירhamtir

rain

Send rain, make it rain.

Where else “hamtir” appears
a landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “erets” appears
manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

Where else “ish” appears
a wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbar

wilderness

Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.

Where else “midbar” appears
human beingאָדָםadam

human being

All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.

Where else “adam” appears

The context

25Who has cut a channel for the flood, and a way for the lightning of the thunders,

26 · This verse (above)

27to satisfy the desolation and ruin, and to make sprout the shoots of grass?

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