Job 38:28
Who is the father of rain ? or who begot the drops of dew?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
In Context
27That it should fill the desert and desolate land, and should bring forth green grass?
29Out of whose womb came the ice; and the frost from heaven who hath gendered it?
Cross References
Genesis 27:39Isaac being moved, said to him: In the fat of the earth, and in the dew of heaven from above,
Deuteronomy 33:28Israel shall dwell in safety, and alone. The eye of Jacob in a land of corn and wine, and the heavens shall be misty with dew.
2 Samuel 1:21Ye mountains of Gelboe, let neither dew, nor rain come upon you, neither be they fields of firstfruits: for there was cast away the shield of the valiant, the shield of Saul as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Job 5:9Who doth great things and unsearchable and wonderful things without number:
Job 38:8Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb :
Psalms 147:8the Lord enlighteneth the blind. The Lord lifteth up them that are cast down: the Lord loveth the just.
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 →