Job 38:28 · KJV
“Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?”
— Job 38:28
To satisfy the desolate and waste {ground}; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
Job 38 — Context
To cause it to rain on the earth, {where} no man {is; on} the wilderness, wherein {there is} no man;
27To satisfy the desolate and waste {ground}; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
28Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
29Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
30The waters are hid as {with} a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. {is...: Heb. is taken}
Cross References
Jeremiah 14:22
Are there {any} among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? {art} not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these {things}.
Psalms 147:8
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
Proverbs 3:20
By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
Jeremiah 10:13
When he uttereth his voice, {there is} a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. {multitude: or, noise} {with: or, for}
Genesis 27:39
And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; {the fatness: or, of the fatness}
Joel 2:23
Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first {month}. {the former rain moderately: or, a teacher of righteousness} {moderately: Heb. according to righteousness}
Psalms 65:9-10
Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, {which} is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. {and...: or, after thou hadst made it to desire rain}
Deuteronomy 33:13
And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD {be} his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,