Job 38:28

Has the rain a father? or who gave birth to the drops of night mist?

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

In Context

27To give water to the land where there is waste and destruction, and to make the dry land green with young grass?

29Out of whose body came the ice? and who gave birth to the cold mist of heaven?

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Cross References

Genesis 27:39Then Isaac his father made answer and said to him, Far from the fertile places of the earth, and far from the dew of heaven on high will your living-place be:

Deuteronomy 33:28And Israel is living in peace, the fountain of Jacob by himself, in a land of grain and wine, with dew dropping from the heavens.

2 Samuel 1:21O mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain on you, you fields of death: for there the arms of the strong have been shamed, the arms of Saul, as if he had not been marked with the holy oil.

Job 5:9Who does great things outside our knowledge, wonders without number:

Job 38:8Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place;

Psalms 147:8By his hand the heaven is covered with clouds and rain is stored up for the earth; he makes the grass tall on the mountains.

Matthew Henry on Job 38:26-41

God's Sovereign Dominion and Goodness. ( b. c. 1520.) 25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; 26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; 27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? 28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? 29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? 30 The… Read the whole commentary →

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