Job 38:28
Who is the rain’s father? 1 And who has generated the drops of dew? 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
In Context
27And cause it to send forth a crop of green herbs? 1
29And out of whose womb comes the ice? 1 And who has produced the frost in the sky, 1
Cross References
Genesis 27:39And Isaac his father answered and said to him, 1 Behold, thy dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, 1 And of the dew of heaven from above. 1
Deuteronomy 33:28And Israel shall dwell in confidence 1 Alone on the land of Jacob, 1 With corn and wine; 1 And the sky shall be misty with dew upon thee. 1
2 Samuel 1:21Ye mountains of Gilboa, 1 Let not dew nor rain descend upon you, nor fields of firstfruits be upon you, 1 For there the shield of the mighty ones has been grievously assailed; 1 The shield of Saul was not anointed with oil. 1
Job 5:9Who does great things and untraceable, 1 Glorious things also, and marvelous, of which there is no number: 1
Job 38:8And I shut up the sea with gates, 1 When it rushed out, coming forth out of its mother’s womb. 1
Psalms 147:8He sends his word to Jacob, 1 His ordinances and judgments to Israel. 1
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 →