Job 38:28
Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
In Context
27To satisfy the wild and the wilderness, to cause to spring forth the meadow of young grass?
29Out of whose womb, came forth the ice? And, the hoar-frost of the heavens, who hath given it birth?
Cross References
Genesis 27:39Then answered Isaac his father and said unto him,—Lo! of the fat parts of the earth, shall be thy dwelling, And of the dew of the heavens, above;
Deuteronomy 33:28Thus hath Israel settled down securely, Alone, the fountain of Jacob, Within a land both of corn and new wine,—His heaven also droppeth down dew.
2 Samuel 1:21Ye mountains in Gilboa! Be there neither dew nor rain upon you, nor fields of offerings,—for, there, were cast away, the shields of the mighty, The shield of Saul, unanointed with oil.
Job 5:9Who doeth great things, beyond all search,—Wondrous things, till they cannot be recounted;
Job 38:8Or [who] shut in, with double doors, the sea, when, bursting out of the womb, it came forth;
Psalms 147:8Who covereth the heavens with clouds, preparing rain for the earth, who causeth the mountains to sprout grass:
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 →