King James Version
Job 38:28 in the King James Version says “Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?” — study this verse from Job chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?”
Job 38:28 · KJV
To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. is: Heb. is taken
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Hath”
H3426there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“or who hath begotten”
H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
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