Job 38:28
Strong's Lexicon
Does the rain
לַמָּטָ֥ר (lam·mā·ṭār)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4306: 1) rain

have
הֲיֵשׁ־ (hă·yêš-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3426: 1) being, existence, substance, there is or are 1a) substance 1b) existence 1c) there is or are

a father ?
אָ֑ב (’āḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: 1) father of an individual 2) of God as father of his people 3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan 4) ancestor 4a) grandfather, forefathers -- of person 4b) of people 5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art 6) of producer, generator (fig.) 7) of benevolence and protection (fig.) 8) term of respect and honour 9) ruler or chief (spec.)

א֥וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 176: 1) or, rather 1a) implying that the latter choice is preferred 1b) or if, introducing an example to be seen under a particular principle 1c) (in series) either...or, whether...or 1d) if perchance 1e) except, or else 2) whether, not the least, if, otherwise, also, and, then

Who
מִי־ (mî-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4310: 1) who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever

has begotten
ה֝וֹלִ֗יד (hō·w·lîḏ)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3205: 1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bear, bring forth 1a1a) of child birth 1a1b) of distress (simile) 1a1c) of wicked (behaviour) 1a2) to beget 1b) (Niphal) to be born 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cause or help to bring forth 1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife 1c3) midwife (participle) 1d) (Pual) to be born 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to beget (a child) 1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity) 1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive) 1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)

the drops
אֶגְלֵי־ (’eḡ·lê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 96: 1) drop, reserve supply, collections, stores

of dew ?
טָֽל׃ (ṭāl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2919: 1) dew, night mist

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?

Young's Literal Translation
Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Does the rain have a father ? Who fathered the drops of dew? 

New American Standard Bible
"Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

King James Bible
Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Does the rain have a father? Who fathers the drops of dew?

New Living Translation
"Does the rain have a father? Who gives birth to the dew?

English Standard Version
“Has the rain a father, or who has begotten the drops of dew?

New American Standard Bible
"Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Does the rain have a father? Who fathered the drops of dew?

International Standard Version
"Does the rain have a father? Who fathered the dew?

NET Bible
Does the rain have a father, or who has fathered the drops of the dew?

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
















Cross References
Job 36:27
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:

Job 36:28
Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.

Psalm 147:8
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

Jeremiah 14:22
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.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 38:27
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

Job 38:26
To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

Job 38:25
Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

Job 38:29
Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

Job 38:30
The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

Job 38:31
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
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