Job 5:10

he gives ¹  rain on the earth, ²  and sends ³  water on the fields; ⁴ 

biblegateway Job 5:10

He bestows rain on the earth; he sends water upon the countryside.

biblegateway Job 5:10

"He gives rain on the earth And sends water on the fields,

biblegateway Job 5:10

He gives rain for the earth. He sends water for the fields.

biblegateway Job 5:10

He gives rain, for instance, across the wide earth, sends water to irrigate the fields.

SABDAweb Job 5:10

Who gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields:

bibleoremus Job 5:10

He gives rain on the earth and sends waters on the fields;

biblegateway Job 5:10

He gives rain on the earth, And sends waters on the fields.

biblegateway Job 5:10

he gives ¹  rain on the earth, ²  and sends ³  water on the fields; ⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “who gives.” The participle continues the doxology here. But the article is necessary because of the distance between this verse and the reference to God.

¹ sn He gives rain. The use of the verb “gives” underscores the idea that rain is a gift from God. This would be more keenly felt in the Middle East where water is scarce.

² tn In both halves of the verse the literal rendering would be “upon the face of the earth” and “upon the face of the fields.”

³ tn The second participle is simply coordinated to the first and therefore does not need the definite article repeated (see GKC 404 §126.b).

⁴ tn The Hebrew term חוּצוֹת (khutsot) basically means “outside,” or what is outside. It could refer to streets if what is meant is outside the house; but it refers to fields here (parallel to the more general word) because it is outside the village. See Ps 144:13 for the use of the expression for “countryside.” The LXX gives a much wider interpretation: “what is under heaven.”