May God give you— from the dew of the sky and from the fatness of the land— an abundance of grain and new wine.
Job 38:28 - Tree of Life Version Does the rain have a father, or who has birthed the drops of dew? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew? American Standard Version (1901) Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew? Common English Bible Has the rain a father who brought forth drops of dew? Catholic Public Domain Version Who is the father of rain, or who conceived the drops of dew? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who is the father of rain? Or who begot the drops of dew? |
May God give you— from the dew of the sky and from the fatness of the land— an abundance of grain and new wine.
Then Isaac his father said to him, “Behold, away from the land’s fatness shall your dwelling be, away from the dew of the sky above.
Hills of Gilboa, let no dew or rain be on you, nor on bountiful fields, for there the shield of the mighty ones lay defiled—Saul’s shield will no longer be anointed with oil.
Now Elijah the Tishbite, one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab: “As Adonai God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be no dew or rain these years, except at my word.”
“And who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
He covers the sky with clouds. He provides rain for the earth. He makes grass sprout on the hills.
When His voice thunders, waters in heaven roar. He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain and brings forth wind from His storehouses.
Can any of the idols of the nations bring rain? Or can the skies grant showers? Is it not You, Adonai our God? Do we not wait for You? For You have done all these things.
They do not say in their heart, ‘Let us now fear Adonai Eloheinu, who gives rain in its season —fall rain and spring rain— who reserves for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’
“I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, for My anger will turn away from him.
So be glad, children of Zion, and rejoice in Adonai, your God. For He gives you the early rain for prosperity, Yes, He will bring down rain for you, the early and latter rain as before.
“Also I myself have withheld from you the rain—when three months remain to the harvest, I caused it to rain on one city, while on another city I sent no rain; one piece of ground would get rain, while the portion not rained on would wither.
so that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
For Joseph he said, ‘May his land be blessed by Adonai with heavenly bounty from the dew and from the deep lying beneath,
So Israel rests in safety, untroubled is Jacob’s fountain in a land of grain and new wine. Yes, his heavens drip dew.