Job 38:28

Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data

"Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?"

Word-by-Word Analysis

Hath the

מָטַר

mâṭar

H4306

rain

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a

אָב

ʼâb

H1

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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or who hath

יָלַד

yâlad

H3205

to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage

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the

נָטָף

nâṭâph

H5198

a drop; specifically, an aromatic gum (probably stacte)

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of

טַל

ṭal

H2919

dew (as covering vegetation)

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Key Terms in This Verse

drops H5198

נָטָף nâṭâph

a drop; specifically, an aromatic gum (probably stacte)

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begotten H3205

יָלַד yâlad

to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage

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dew H2919

טַל ṭal

dew (as covering vegetation)

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rain H4306

מָטַר mâṭar

rain

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father H1

אָב ʼâb

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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Cross References

Jeremiah 14:22 cross-reference

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 t...

Psalm 147:8 cross-reference

Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

Proverbs 3:20 cross-reference

By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

Jeremiah 10:13 cross-reference

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 ...

2 Samuel 1:21 cross-reference

Ye 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 ...

Genesis 27:39 cross-reference

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;

1 Kings 17:1 cross-reference

And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my w...

Job 29:19 cross-reference

My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

Genesis 27:28 cross-reference

Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:

Deuteronomy 33:13 cross-reference

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,

Job 38:8 cross-reference

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

Jeremiah 5:24 cross-reference

Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

Amos 4:7 cross-reference

And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained ...

Joel 2:23 cross-reference

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 ...

Deuteronomy 33:28 cross-reference

Israel 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.

Hosea 14:5 cross-reference

I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

Matthew 5:45 cross-reference

That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

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