Job 38:28
Has the rain a father? or who has begotten the drops of dew?
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
In Context
27To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
29Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who has gendered it?
Cross References
Genesis 27:39And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, your dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
Deuteronomy 33:28Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
2 Samuel 1:21All of you mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Job 5:9Which does great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
Job 38:8Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Psalms 147:8Who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow upon 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 →