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he sends water on the countryside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />He gives rain for the earth and water for the fields.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />he gives rain on the earth and sends waters on the fields;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />He gives rain on the earth, And sends waters on the fields.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“He gives rain on the earth, And sends water on the fields,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220He gives rain on the earth And sends water on the fields,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“He gives rain on the earth, And sends water on the fields,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He gives rain on the earth And sends water on the <i>fields</i> outside,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“He gives rain upon the earth And sends waters upon the fields,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He gives rain to the earth and sends water to the fields.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He gives rain to the earth and sends water to the fields. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />God sends showers on earth and waters the fields. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He gives rain to the earth and sends water to the fields.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He sends rain on the land and he waters the fields. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He sends rain on the surface of the earth, and waters the surface of the open country.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />he gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Who is giving rain on the face of the land, "" And is sending waters on the out-places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />He gave rain upon the face of the earth, and sent waters upon the out places:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Who giveth rain upon the face of the earth, and watereth all things with waters: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />He gives rain over the face of the earth and irrigates all things with the waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He gives rain upon the earth and sends water upon the fields; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He gives rain on the earth and sends waters on the fields;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Who gives rain upon the earth, and sends water upon the streets;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Who gives rain on the face of the Earth and sends waters on the face of the streets<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />who gives rain upon the earth, sending water on the earth:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/5-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=724" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/5.htm">Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those who Seek Him</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: han·nō·ṯên (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">He gives</a> <a href="/hebrew/4306.htm" title="4306: mā·ṭār (N-ms) -- Rain. From matar; rain.">rain</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pə·nê- (N-mpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ā·reṣ (N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the earth</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: wə·šō·lê·aḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">and sends</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: ma·yim (N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">water</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">upon</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pə·nê (N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2351.htm" title="2351: ḥū·ṣō·wṯ (N-mp) -- The outside, a street. Or chuts; from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. Outside, outdoors.">the fields.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/147-8.htm">Psalm 147:8</a></span><br />who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/14-17.htm">Acts 14:17</a></span><br />Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm">Isaiah 55:10</a></span><br />For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-24.htm">Jeremiah 5:24</a></span><br />They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-45.htm">Matthew 5:45</a></span><br />that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-12.htm">Deuteronomy 28:12</a></span><br />The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/6-3.htm">Hosea 6:3</a></span><br />So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-18.htm">James 5:18</a></span><br />Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/10-1.htm">Zechariah 10:1</a></span><br />Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/18-41.htm">1 Kings 18:41-45</a></span><br />And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.” / So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees. / “Go and look toward the sea,” he said to his servant. So the servant went and looked, and he said, “There is nothing there.” Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/65-9.htm">Psalm 65:9-10</a></span><br />You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth. / You soak its furrows and level its ridges; You soften it with showers and bless its growth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-23.htm">Joel 2:23</a></span><br />Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/4-7.htm">Amos 4:7</a></span><br />“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/14-22.htm">Jeremiah 14:22</a></span><br />Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/34-26.htm">Ezekiel 34:26</a></span><br />I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields:</p><p class="hdg">giveth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/28-26.htm">Job 28:26</a></b></br> When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/65-9.htm">Psalm 65:9-11</a></b></br> Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, <i>which</i> is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/147-8.htm">Psalm 147:8</a></b></br> Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.</p><p class="hdg">fields.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/38-26.htm">Job 38:26-28</a></b></br> To cause it to rain on the earth, <i>where</i> no man <i>is; on</i> the wilderness, wherein <i>there is</i> no man; … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_corinthians/12-11.htm">Bestows</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-27.htm">Countryside</a> <a href="/job/5-6.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/job/4-15.htm">Face</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-44.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/esther/5-13.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-5.htm">Out-Places</a> <a href="/ezra/10-13.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/esther/9-22.htm">Sending</a> <a href="/job/2-10.htm">Sends</a> <a href="/job/5-5.htm">Water</a> <a href="/job/3-24.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/84-11.htm">Bestows</a> <a href="/songs/7-11.htm">Countryside</a> <a href="/job/5-22.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/job/6-28.htm">Face</a> <a href="/job/6-5.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/job/5-18.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-26.htm">Out-Places</a> <a href="/job/20-23.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/job/12-23.htm">Sending</a> <a href="/job/12-15.htm">Sends</a> <a href="/job/6-19.htm">Water</a> <a href="/job/11-16.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">Job 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/5-1.htm">Eliphaz shows that the end of the wicked is misery;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/5-6.htm">that man is born to trouble;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/5-8.htm">that God is to be regarded in affliction;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/5-17.htm">the happy end of God's correction.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>He gives rain to the earth</b><br>This phrase highlights God's sovereignty and provision. In the ancient Near East, rain was crucial for agriculture and survival, making it a symbol of divine blessing and sustenance. The Israelites depended on seasonal rains for their crops, and the lack of rain was often seen as a sign of divine displeasure (<a href="/deuteronomy/11-13.htm">Deuteronomy 11:13-17</a>). This phrase underscores God's control over nature, aligning with other scriptures that emphasize His power over creation, such as <a href="/psalms/147-8.htm">Psalm 147:8</a> and <a href="/jeremiah/14-22.htm">Jeremiah 14:22</a>. It also reflects the belief that God is actively involved in the world, providing for His creation.<p><b>and sends water upon the fields.</b><br>This part of the verse emphasizes God's care and provision for human needs. In the agrarian society of the biblical world, fields were essential for producing food. The mention of fields indicates the importance of agriculture in sustaining life and the dependence of humanity on God's provision. This phrase can be connected to the broader biblical theme of God's faithfulness in providing for His people, as seen in passages like <a href="/matthew/6-26.htm">Matthew 6:26-30</a>, where Jesus speaks of God's care for the birds and the lilies. It also serves as a reminder of God's grace, as He provides for both the just and the unjust (<a href="/matthew/5-45.htm">Matthew 5:45</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/eliphaz_the_temanite.htm">Eliphaz the Temanite</a></b><br>One of Job's three friends who comes to comfort him. In this chapter, Eliphaz is speaking, offering his perspective on God's justice and providence.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure of the Book of Job, known for his suffering and faithfulness. Job's account is set in the land of Uz, a place of uncertain location but significant for its association with wisdom literature.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_earth_and_fields.htm">The Earth and Fields</a></b><br>Symbolic of God's creation and provision. The earth and fields represent the broader natural world that God sustains.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_nature.htm">God's Sovereignty in Nature</a></b><br>God is in control of the natural world, and His provision of rain is a testament to His sovereignty and care for creation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_divine_provision.htm">Dependence on Divine Provision</a></b><br>Just as the earth relies on rain, we must recognize our dependence on God for both physical and spiritual sustenance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>The regularity of rain is a reminder of God's faithfulness. He consistently provides for His creation, and we can trust Him to meet our needs.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/gratitude_for_god's_blessings.htm">Gratitude for God's Blessings</a></b><br>Recognizing God's hand in the natural processes should lead us to a posture of gratitude for His ongoing provision and care.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_5_10_conflict_with_science.htm">In Job 5:10, how does asserting divine control over rain and crops stand against established meteorological science? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_do_bible_verses_say_about_unity.htm">How does nature reveal God's glory and power?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_nature_show_god's_power.htm">How does nature reveal God's glory and power?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_famines_occur_if_god_ensures_plenty.htm">(Psalm 65:9) If God “visits the earth” and ensures abundance, why do severe famines and droughts still devastate entire regions? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Who giveth rain upon the earth</span>. To the dweller in the parched regions of South-Western Asia rain is the greatest of all blessings, and seems the greatest, of all marvels. When for months and months together the sun has blazed all day long out of a cloudless sky, when the heaven that is over his head has been brass, and the earth that is under him iron (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-33.htm">Deuteronomy 28:33</a>), a great despair comes upon him, and that it should ever rain again seems almost an impossibility. Where is the rain to come from? From that cruel, glaring sky, which has pursued him with its hostility week after week, and month after month? Or from that parched earth in which, as it seems, no atom of moisture is left? When God at length gives rain, he scarcely believes his eyes. What? The blessed moisture is once more descending from the sky, and watering the earth, and quickening what seemed dead, and turning the desert into a garden! All Eastern poetry is full of the praises of rain, of its blessedness, of its marvellousness, and of its quickening power. Very naturally Eliphaz, in speaking of God's marvellous works of mercy, mentions rain first, as, within his experience, one of the chief<span class="cmt_word">. And sendeth waters upon the fields.</span> This is either the usual pleonastic repetition of the second hemistich, or (perhaps) a reference to the fountains and rills of water, which spring into being as a consequence of the rain. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/5-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He gives</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנֹּתֵ֣ן</span> <span class="translit">(han·nō·ṯên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">rain</span><br /><span class="heb">מָ֭טָר</span> <span class="translit">(mā·ṭār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4306.htm">Strong's 4306: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the earth</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֑רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and sends</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשֹׁ֥לֵֽחַ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šō·lê·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">water</span><br /><span class="heb">מַ֝יִם</span> <span class="translit">(ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water, juice, urine, semen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">upon</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the fields.</span><br /><span class="heb">חוּצֽוֹת׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḥū·ṣō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2351.htm">Strong's 2351: </a> </span><span class="str2">Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/5-10.htm">Job 5:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/5-10.htm">Job 5:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/5-10.htm">Job 5:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/5-10.htm">Job 5:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/5-10.htm">Job 5:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/5-10.htm">Job 5:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/5-10.htm">Job 5:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/5-10.htm">Job 5:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/5-10.htm">Job 5:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/5-10.htm">Job 5:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/5-10.htm">OT Poetry: Job 5:10 Who gives rain on the earth (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/5-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 5:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 5:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/5-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 5:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 5:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>