Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Does the rain have a father? Who fathers the drops of dew? New Living Translation “Does the rain have a father? Who gives birth to the dew? English Standard Version “Has the rain a father, or who has begotten the drops of dew? Berean Standard Bible Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew? King James Bible Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? New King James Version Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew? New American Standard Bible “Does the rain have a father? Or who has fathered the drops of dew? NASB 1995 “Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew? NASB 1977 “Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew? Legacy Standard Bible Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew? Amplified Bible “Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew? Christian Standard Bible Does the rain have a father? Who fathered the drops of dew? Holman Christian Standard Bible Does the rain have a father? Who fathered the drops of dew? American Standard Version Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew? Aramaic Bible in Plain English Is there a father for the rain, or who begot the drops Brenton Septuagint Translation Who is the rain's father? and who has generated the drops of dew? Contemporary English Version Who is the father of the dew and of the rain? Douay-Rheims Bible Who is the father of rain ? or who begot the drops of dew? English Revised Version Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? GOD'S WORD® Translation Does the rain have a father? Who gave birth to the dewdrops? Good News Translation Does either the rain or the dew have a father? International Standard Version "Does the rain have a father? Who fathered the dew? JPS Tanakh 1917 Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew? Literal Standard Version Does the rain have a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew? Majority Standard Bible Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew? New American Bible Has the rain a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew? NET Bible Does the rain have a father, or who has fathered the drops of the dew? New Revised Standard Version “Has the rain a father, or who has begotten the drops of dew? New Heart English Bible Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew? Webster's Bible Translation Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of the dew? World English Bible Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew? Young's Literal Translation Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God Challenges Job…27to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass? 28Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew? 29From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,… Cross References Job 36:27 For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist, Job 36:28 which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind. Psalm 147:8 who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills. Jeremiah 14:22 Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things. Treasury of Scripture Has the rain a father? or who has begotten the drops of dew? Hath the Job 38:8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? Job 5:9,10 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: … 1 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… dew Job 29:19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. Genesis 27:28,39 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: … Deuteronomy 33:13,28 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, … Jump to Previous Begetteth Begotten Birth Dew Drops Fathers Mist Night RainJump to Next Begetteth Begotten Birth Dew Drops Fathers Mist Night RainJob 38 1. God challenges Job to answer4. God, by his mighty works, convinces Job of ignorance 31. and weakness Verse 28. - Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? How do rain and dew come into existence? Can Job make them, or any other man? Can man even conceive of the process by which they were made? If not, must not their Maker, who is God, be wholly inscrutable? Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Does the rainלַמָּטָ֥ר (lam·mā·ṭār) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4306: Rain have הֲיֵשׁ־ (hă·yêš-) Adverb Strong's 3426: Being, substance, existence, is a father? אָ֑ב (’āḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1: Father Who מִי־ (mî-) Interrogative Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix has begotten ה֝וֹלִ֗יד (hō·w·lîḏ) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage the drops אֶגְלֵי־ (’eḡ·lê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 96: A reservoir of dew? טָֽל׃ (ṭāl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2919: Night mist, dew Links Job 38:28 NIVJob 38:28 NLT Job 38:28 ESV Job 38:28 NASB Job 38:28 KJV Job 38:28 BibleApps.com Job 38:28 Biblia Paralela Job 38:28 Chinese Bible Job 38:28 French Bible Job 38:28 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 38:28 Does the rain have a father? (Jb) |