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Job 38

Job 38:28 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hath
yesh (Hebrew #3426)
entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (1961); there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
KJV usage: (there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest.
Pronounce: yaysh
Origin: perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist
the rain
matar (Hebrew #4306)
rain
KJV usage: rain.
Pronounce: maw-tawr'
Origin: from 4305
a father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
? or who hath begotten
yalad (Hebrew #3205)
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
KJV usage: bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
Pronounce: yaw-lad'
Origin: a primitive root
the drops
'egel (Hebrew #96)
a reservoir
KJV usage: drop.
Pronounce: eh'-ghel
Origin: from an unused root (meaning to flow down or together as drops)
of dew
tal (Hebrew #2919)
dew (as covering vegetation)
KJV usage: dew.
Pronounce: tal
Origin: from 2926
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Father,
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Cross References

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Hath the.
Job 38:8• 8And [who] shut up the sea with doors,{HR}When it burst forth — came out of the womb, (Job 38:8)
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Job 5:9‑10• 9Who doeth great things and unsearchable,{HR}Marvelous things without number;
 10Who giveth rain on the face of the earth,{HR}And sendeth water on the face of the fields, (Job 5:9‑10)
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1 Sam. 12:17‑18• 17Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call unto Jehovah, 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 Jehovah, in asking you a king.
 18So Samuel called unto Jehovah, and Jehovah sent thunder and rain that day. And all the people greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel. (1 Sam. 12:17‑18)
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Psa. 65:9‑10• 9Thou hast visited the earth and watered it greatly wilt thou enrich it:{HR}The river of God is full of water;{HR}Thou preparest their corn,{HR}For so thou preparest it (the earth).
 10Its furrows thou dost water,{HR}Thou dost break down its ridges;{HR}With showers thou wilt soften it;{HR}Its springing thou wilt bless. (Psa. 65:9‑10)
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Jer. 5:24• 24And they say not in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, that giveth rain, both the early and the latter, in its season; who preserveth unto us the appointed weeks of harvest. (Jer. 5:24)
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Jer. 10:13• 13When he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the end of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries. (Jer. 10:13)
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Jer. 14:22• 22Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art thou not he, Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things. (Jer. 14:22)
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Joel 2:23• 23Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in Jehovah 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. (Joel 2:23)
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Amos 4:7• 7And 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. (Amos 4:7)
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Matt. 5:45• 45that ye may be sons of your Father that is in [the] heavens; for he maketh his sun rise on evil and good, and sendeth rain on just and unjust. (Matt. 5:45)
dew.
Job 29:19• 19My root is open toward the waters,{HR}And dew lodgeth all night on my branches. (Job 29:19)
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Gen. 27:28,39• 28And God give thee of the dew of the heavens, and of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and new wine.
 39And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, and of the dew of heaven from above; (Gen. 27:28,39)
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Deut. 33:13,28• 13And of Joseph he said,{HR}Blessed of Jehovah be his land for the precious things of the heavens,{HR}For the dew and for the deep couching beneath,
 28Israel dwelleth in safety,{HR}The fountain of Jacob on a land of corn and new wine;{HR}His heavens also drop down dew. (Deut. 33:13,28)
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2 Sam. 1:21• 21Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew,{HR}No rain upon you, nor fields of heave-offerings!{HR}For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away,{HR}The shield of Saul, as not anointed with oil.{HR} (2 Sam. 1:21)
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1 Kings 17:1• 1And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to 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. (1 Kings 17:1)
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Prov. 3:20• 20By his knowledge the depths were broken up,{HR}And the skies drop down the dew. (Prov. 3:20)
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Hos. 14:5• 5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. (Hos. 14:5)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew?

W. Kelly Translation

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Hath the rain a father?{HR}Or who begetteth the drops of dew?