Job 38:28
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?
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 waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?
- KJV
- Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
- WEB
- Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?
- ASV
- Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
- DARBY
- Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew?
- BLB
- Is there a father for the rain? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
- ÅB
- Har regnet noen far? Eller hvem har avlet duggens dråper?
- OTB
- Har regnet en far?
Hvem er far til duggdråpene? - B1930
- Har regnet nogen far? Eller hvem har avlet duggens dråper?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
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.
Read in contextPsalms 147:8
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
Read in contextJeremiah 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.
Read in contextProverbs 3:20
By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 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,
Read in contextGenesis 27:28
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
Read in contextHosea 14:5
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Read in context1 Samuel 12:17–18
Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.
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