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
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
יָלַד
yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
נָטָף
nâṭâph
a drop; specifically, an aromatic gum (probably stacte)
Key Terms in This Verse
יָלַד yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
Study H3205 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →Cross References
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...
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
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 ...
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 ...
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;
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...
My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
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,
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
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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