Job 38:29
Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoar-frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
In Context
28Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
30The waters are congealed like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
Cross References
Job 37:10By the breath of God ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
Psalms 147:16He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-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 →