Job 38:28

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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Referenced Verses

Jer 14:22 : 22 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 things.
Ps 147:8 : 8 Who covereth the heaven 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 are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
Jer 5:24 : 24 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.
Jer 10:13 : 13 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 out of his treasures.
Hos 14:5 : 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Joel 2:23 : 23 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 rain in the first month.
Amos 4:7 : 7 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 upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
Matt 5:45 : 45 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.
Gen 27:28 : 28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
Gen 27:39 : 39 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;
Deut 33:13 : 13 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,
Deut 33:28 : 28 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.
1 Sam 12:17-18 : 17 Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king. 18 So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
2 Sam 1:21 : 21 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 not been anointed with oil.
1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 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 word.
Job 5:9-9 : 9 Which 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 was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay 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{H8804)} the earth, and waterest{H8787)} it: thou greatly enrichest{H8686)} it with the river of God, which is full{H8804)} of water: thou preparest{H8686)} them corn, when thou hast so provided{H8686)} for it. 10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly{H8761)}: thou settlest{H8763)} the furrows {H8676)} thereof: thou makest it soft{H8787)} with showers: thou blessest{H8762)} the springing thereof.

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