Key Verse Spotlight
Job 38:29 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?”
Job 38:29
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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}
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? {Pleiades: or, the seven stars: Heb. Cimah} {Orion: Heb. Cesil?}
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