Job 38:28
Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
In Context
27To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?
29From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it?
Cross References
Genesis 27:39And Isaac his father answereth and saith unto him, 'Lo, of the fatness of the earth is thy dwelling, and of the dew of the heavens from above;
Deuteronomy 33:28And Israel doth tabernacle [in] confidence alone; The eye of Jacob [is] unto a land of corn and wine; Also His heavens drop down dew.
2 Samuel 1:21Mountains of Gilboa! No dew nor rain be on you, And fields of heave-offerings! For there hath become loathsome The shield of the mighty, The shield of Saul — without the anointed with oil.
Job 5:9Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.
Job 38:8And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.
Psalms 147:8Who is covering the heavens with clouds, Who is preparing for the earth rain, Who is causing grass to spring up [on] 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 →