Job 38:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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Jer 14:22 : 22 Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things.
Ps 147:8 : 8 Who covereth the heavens with clouds, Who prepareth rain for the earth, Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
Prov 3:20 : 20 By his knowledge the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew.
Jer 5:24 : 24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; that preserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
Jer 10:13 : 13 when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.
Hos 14:5 : 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Joel 2:23 : 23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in Jehovah your God; for he giveth you the former rain in just measure, and he causeth to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, in the first month.
Amos 4:7 : 7 And I also 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 upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
Matt 5:45 : 45 that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.
Gen 27:28 : 28 And God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and new wine:
Gen 27:39 : 39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, And of the dew of heaven from above;
Deut 33:13 : 13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of Jehovah be his land, For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that coucheth beneath,
Deut 33:28 : 28 And Israel dwelleth in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; Yea, his heavens drop down dew.
1 Sam 12:17-18 : 17 Is it not wheat harvest to-day? I will call unto Jehovah, that he may send thunder and rain; and ye shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of Jehovah, in asking you a king. 18 So Samuel called unto Jehovah; and Jehovah sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel.
2 Sam 1:21 : 21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, Let there be no dew nor rain upon you, neither fields of offerings: For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.
1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
Job 5:9-9 : 9 Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number: 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields;
Job 29:19 : 19 My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch;
Job 38:8 : 8 Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb;
Ps 65:9-9 : 9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it, Thou greatly enrichest it; The river of God is full of water: Thou providest them grain, when thou hast so prepared the earth. 10 Thou waterest its furrows abundantly; Thou settlest the ridges thereof: Thou makest it soft with showers; Thou blessest the springing thereof.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Job 38:29-30
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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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24By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?
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27For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor,
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36Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?
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Job 38:21-22
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21[ Doubtless], thou knowest, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great!
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22Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things.
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33Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
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20By his knowledge the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew.
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10For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, and giveth seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
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