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Job 38:28–29

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Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
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From verse 28

  1. Jeremiah 14:22Rank 1 from verse 28
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    22Are 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.

  2. Psalms 147:8Rank 2 from verse 28
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    8Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

  3. Jeremiah 10:13Rank 3 from verse 28
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    13When 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.

  4. Proverbs 3:20Rank 4 from verse 28
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    20By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

  5. 1 Kings 17:1Rank 5 from verse 28
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    1AND 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 word.

From verse 29

  1. Psalms 147:16–17Rank 1 from verse 29
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    16He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.

    17He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?

  2. Job 37:10Rank 2 from verse 29
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    10By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

  3. Job 38:8Rank 3 from verse 29
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    8Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

  4. Job 6:16Rank 4 from verse 29
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    16Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:

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Job 38:28

COMBINED MEANING

rain

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Sense 1: Water falling in drops from the clouds. Sense 2: As a verb, to fall or pour down like rain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

begotten

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Sense 1: Brought forth as offspring or standing in the stated relation of offspring. Sense 2: Brought forth, raised, or made alive in a spiritual or figurative relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

drops

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Sense 1: Small globules or falling portions of liquid. Sense 2: Lets liquid fall in such portions.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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dew

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Moisture that falls or settles in drops, especially at night.

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Job 38:29

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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womb

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Sense 1: The bodily place in a female where a child is conceived and carried before birth. Sense 2: A source pictured as such a place.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

frost

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1. Freezing cold. 2. A hoary, ice-like deposit or covering produced by cold.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

heaven

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Sense 1: The firmament or expanse above the earth, including the sky and the region of the sun, moon, stars, clouds, rain, and flying creatures. Sense 2: The realm above spoken of as God's throne and dwelling place, and as the place of angels, heavenly beings, and the righteous. Sense 3: By metonymy, God, heavenly authority or source, or those who dwell there.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

gendered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of gender. Sense 1: To copulate or breed. Sense 2: To produce or bring forth as a result.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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?

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29Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

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30The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

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