Job 38:29
Who was the mother of ice? Does the frost of the air have a mother?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
In Context
28Does the rain have a father? Who was the father of the dewdrops?
30Water turns into rock-hard ice; its surface freezes solid.
Cross References
Job 37:10God's breath produces ice, freezing the surface of water solid.
Psalms 147:16He sends snow as white as wool, and scatters frost like ashes.
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 →