Job 38:29

29 Does the ice have a mother? Who is the mother of the frost from the heavens?

Job 38:29 Meaning and Commentary

Job 38:29

Out of whose womb came the ice?
&c.] The parent of the rain and dew is the parent of the ice also, and he only; it is therefore called "his ice", his child, his offspring, ( Psalms 147:17 ) . Here the Lord is represented as a mother, and so he is by Orpheus ^F2 called "metropator", or "mother-father";

and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
this is of God, and by his breath; see ( Job 37:10 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 Apud Clement. Stromat. l. 5. p. 608.

Job 38:29 In-Context

27 They satisfy the needs of dry and empty lands. They make grass start growing there.

28 Does the rain have a father? Who is the father of the drops of dew?

29 Does the ice have a mother? Who is the mother of the frost from the heavens?

30 The waters become as hard as stone. The surface of the ocean freezes over.

31 "Can you tie up the beautiful Pleiades? Can you untie the ropes that hold Orion together?