King James Version

Job 38:27

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

Study

Hebrew

Tap a word to see its meaning. Words run left to right in English reading order.

לְהַשְׂבִּ֣יעַlehasbiato fillשָׂבַעpreposition, verb, hiphil, infinitive construct — “to fill”, the to-form of the verbH7646to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.שֹׁ֭אָהshoahdesolateשׁוֹאnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “desolate”, the ordinary formH7722a tempest; by implication, devastationdesolate(-ion), destroy, destruction, storm, wasteness.וּמְשֹׁאָ֑הumeshoahand desolationמְשׁוֹאָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and desolation”, the ordinary formH4875(a) ruin, abstractly (the act) or concretely (the wreck)desolation, waste.וּ֝לְהַצְמִ֗יחַulehatsmichaand to bearצָמַחconjunction, preposition, verb, hiphil, infinitive construct — “and to bear”, the to-form of the verbH6779to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (again, up), (cause to) spring (forth, up).מֹ֣צָאmotsaeastמוֹצָאnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “east”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4161a going forth, i.e. (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit; hence, a source or product; specifically, dawn, the rising of the sun (the East), exportation, utterance, a gate, a fountain, a mine, a meadow (as producing grass)brought out, bud, that which came out, east, going forth, goings out, that which (thing that) is gone out, outgoing, proceeded out, spring, vein, (water-) course (springs).דֶֽשֶׁאdeshegrassדֶּשֶׁאnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “grass”, the ordinary formH1877a sprout; by analogy, grass(tender) grass, green, (tender) herb.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to grow?

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

That it should fill the desert and desolate land, and should bring forth green grass?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and cause it to send forth a crop of green herbs?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

τοῦ χορτάσαι ἄβατον καὶ ἀοίκητον, καὶ τοῦ ἐκβλαστῆσαι ἔξοδον χλόης;