Job 38:29

"Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?"

Key Reflection

In Job 38:29, these questions highlight the divine origin and control over natural phenomena like rain and dew, emphasizing that such forces are beyond human creation or influence, pointing to God as their source. This underscores the idea that just as rain and dew come from God, so too do spiritual and moral truths.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Out of whose womb came the ice? -That is, who has caused or produced it? The idea is, that it was not by any human agency, or in any known way by which living beings were propagated. And the hoary frost of heaven -Which seems to fall from heaven. The sense is, that it is caused wholly by God; see the notes atJob 37:10.

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