Iyov 38:29

29 Out of whose beten cometh the ice? And the frost of Shomayim, who giveth birth to it?

Iyov 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.

Iyov 38:29 In-Context

27 To saturate a desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the desheh to spring forth?

28 Hath the rain an av? Or who hath begotten the drops of tal (dew)?

29 Out of whose beten cometh the ice? And the frost of Shomayim, who giveth birth to it?

30 The mayim harden like even (stone), and the face of tehom is frozen.

31 Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the bonds of Orion?