Job 38:28
Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?
World English Bible Catholic
In The King James Version
Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
In Context
27to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to grow?
29Whose womb did the ice come out of? Who has given birth to the gray frost of the sky?
Cross References
Genesis 27:39Isaac his father answered him, “Behold, your dwelling will be of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of the sky from above.
Deuteronomy 33:28Israel dwells in safety, the fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine. Yes, his heavens drop down dew.
2 Samuel 1:21You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain on you, and no fields of offerings; for there the shield of the mighty was defiled and cast away, the shield of Saul was not anointed with oil.
Job 5:9who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvelous things without number;
Job 38:8“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,
Psalms 147:8who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains.
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 →