Job 38:27
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 38:27 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 38:27 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 38:27 — KJV
“To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?”
— Job 38:27 (KJV)
Job 38:27 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 38:27
“Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; bring...: Heb. cause to bud”
Shares key themes with Job 38:27: cause, bud, herb
“For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.”
Shares key themes with Job 38:27: cause, bud, spring
“And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. grass: Heb. tender grass”
Shares key themes with Job 38:27: tender, herb, forth
“And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.”
Shares key themes with Job 38:27: ground, cause, herb
“He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;”
Shares key themes with Job 38:27: cause, herb, forth
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