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Job 38:28 King James Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Can any visible origin of rain and dew be assigned by man? Dew is moisture, which was suspended in the air, but becomes condensed on reaching the--in the night--lower temperature of objects on the earth.
 
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37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: