Job 38:28
Who is the father of the rayne? or who hath begotten the droppes of the dewe?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
In Context
27To fulfil the wilde and waste place, and to cause the bud of the herbe to spring forth?
29Out of whose wombe came the yee? who hath ingendred the frost of the heauen?
Cross References
Genesis 27:39Then Izhak his father answered, and sayde vnto him, Behold, the fatnesse of the earth shall be thy dwelling place, and thou shalt haue of the dewe of heauen from aboue.
Deuteronomy 33:28Then Israel the fountaine of Iaakob shall dwell alone in safetie in a lande of wheat, and wine: also his heauens shall drop the dewe.
2 Samuel 1:21Ye mountaines of Gilboa, vpon you be neither dewe nor raine, nor be there fieldes of offrings: for there the shielde of the mightie is cast downe, the shielde of Saul, as though he had not bene anointed with oyle.
Job 5:9Which doeth great things and vnsearchable, and marueilous things without nomber.
Job 38:8Or who hath shut vp the Sea with doores, when it yssued and came foorth as out of the wombe:
Psalms 147:8Which couereth the heauen with cloudes, and prepareth raine for the earth, and maketh the grasse to growe vpon the mountaines:
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 →