The Meaning of Job 38:27 Explained

Job 38:27

KJV: To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

YLT: To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?

Darby: To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth?

ASV: To satisfy the waste and desolate ground , And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

To satisfy  the desolate  and waste  [ground]; and to cause the bud  of the tender herb  to spring forth? 

What does Job 38:27 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 38:19-41 - What Man Cannot Do
In this chapter a number of nature-pictures pass before us. These include the creation of the earth, Job 38:4-7; the sea, Job 38:8-11; light, Job 38:12-15; the mysteries of the unseen, Job 38:16-18; snow and rain, Job 38:22-30; the constellations of heaven, Job 38:31-38; and the recesses of the forest-glades, Job 38:39-41.
What does it all mean? Ah! there are times when the voice of God through nature falls on our hearts like sweet music, and we hardly know whence or how, but we are comforted and strengthened. The peace passes understanding. Besides, the frequent question, Hast thou? was intended to turn Job's attention to the great mysteries contained in common and ordinary things. If he could not unravel these, how could he hope to fathom all the wonderful dealings of God with the human soul? His ways are above ours and His thoughts higher than ours; but we are sure from Calvary that He is love. Let us quiet ourselves, therefore, and trust. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 38

1  God challenges Job to answer
4  God, by his mighty works, convinces Job of ignorance
31  and weakness

What do the individual words in Job 38:27 mean?

To satisfy the desolate and waste and cause to spring forth the growth of tender grass
לְהַשְׂבִּ֣יעַ שֹׁ֭אָה וּמְשֹׁאָ֑ה ؟ וּ֝לְהַצְמִ֗יחַ מֹ֣צָא דֶֽשֶׁא

לְהַשְׂבִּ֣יעַ  To  satisfy 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: שָׂבַע  
Sense: to be satisfied, be sated, be fulfilled, be surfeited.
שֹׁ֭אָה  the  desolate 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שֹׁוא 
Sense: ravage.
וּמְשֹׁאָ֑ה  and  waste 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מְשֹׁואָה  
Sense: desolation, ruin.
؟ וּ֝לְהַצְמִ֗יחַ  and  cause  to  spring  forth 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: צָמַח  
Sense: to sprout, spring up, grow up.
מֹ֣צָא  the  growth 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מֹוצָא  
Sense: act or place of going out or forth, issue, export, source, spring.
דֶֽשֶׁא  of  tender  grass 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: דֶּשֶׁא  
Sense: grass, new grass, green herb, vegetation, young.

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