Job 38:29
Out of whose body came the ice? and who gave birth to the cold mist of heaven?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
In Context
28Has the rain a father? or who gave birth to the drops of night mist?
30The waters are joined together, hard as a stone, and the face of the deep is covered.
Cross References
Job 37:10By the breath of God ice is made, and the wide waters are shut in.
Psalms 147:16He gives snow like wool; he sends out ice-drops like dust.
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 →