Job

Job 38:25–27

²⁵Who cuts a channel for the flood

or clears a path for the thunderbolt,

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?

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Who	מִֽי־	mî-	Interrogative	H4310 who?
cuts	פִלַּ֣ג	p̄il·laḡ	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6385 split, divide
a channel	תְּעָלָ֑ה	tə·‘ā·lāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8585 water-course
for the flood	לַשֶּׁ֣טֶף	laš·še·ṭep̄	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7858 flood
or clears a path	וְ֝דֶ֗רֶךְ	wə·ḏe·reḵ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - common singular	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
for	לַחֲזִ֥יז	la·ḥă·zîz	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H2385 bolt, lightning flash
the thunderbolt	קֹלֽוֹת׃	qō·lō·wṯ	Noun - masculine plural	H6963 sound, voice

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
to bring rain	לְ֭הַמְטִיר	lə·ham·ṭîr	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H4305 rain
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
a barren	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
land	אֶ֣רֶץ	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
on a desert	מִ֝דְבָּ֗ר	miḏ·bār	Noun - masculine singular	H4057 mouth
where no	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
man	אָדָ֥ם	’ā·ḏām	Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
to satisfy	לְהַשְׂבִּ֣יעַ	lə·haś·bî·a‘	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H7646 be sated, satisfied, surfeited
the parched	שֹׁ֭אָה	šō·’āh	Noun - feminine singular	H7722 ravage (?)
wasteland	וּמְשֹׁאָ֑ה	ū·mə·šō·’āh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H4875 desolation
and make it sprout	וּ֝לְהַצְמִ֗יחַ	ū·lə·haṣ·mî·aḥ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H6779 sprout, spring up
with tender grass	דֶֽשֶׁא׃	ḏe·še	Noun - masculine singular	H1877 grass

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 38:25 Job 28:26 · Psalm 29:3–10

Job 38:26 Jeremiah 14:22 · Hebrews 6:7–8 · Psalm 107:35

Job 38:27 Psalm 107:35

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.