King James Version

Job 38:28

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

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הֲיֵשׁhayeshareיֵשׁparticle, interrogative, particle, demonstrative — “are”H3426there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)(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.לַמָּטָ֥רlamatarto rainמָטַרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to rain”, the ordinary formH4306rainrain.אָ֑בavfatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “father”, the ordinary formH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.א֥וֹvoalsoאוֹconjunction — “also”H176desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also ifalso, and, either, if, at the least, [idiom] nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.מִיmiwhoמִיparticle, interrogative — “who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.ה֝וֹלִ֗ידholidbearיָלַדverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bear”, a completed actionH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, 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, (wom…אֶגְלֵיegledropאֶגֶלnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “drop”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH96a reservoirdrop.טָֽלtaldewטַלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dew”, the ordinary formH2919dew (as covering vegetation)dew.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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?

World English Bible

Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Who is the father of rain? or who begot the drops of dew?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Who is the rain's father? and who has generated the drops of dew?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τίς ἐστιν ὑετοῦ πατήρ; τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ τετοκὼς βώλους δρόσου;

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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