Yahweh continues to challenge Job.

## Is there a father…fathered it ##

Yahweh uses these questions to emphasize that Job does not understand how Yahweh makes rain, dew, ice, and frost. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

## Is there a father of the rain ##

Yahweh describes the rains as though it were a person. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])

## engendered ##

the role that the father has in causing a child to be born

## dewdrops ##

the drops of dew that form from condensation on plant and other things

## Who bore the white frost ##

"Who has given birth to the frost"

## The waters hide themselves ##

during the winter the ice hides the water underneath it

## the deep ##

This refers to deep water such as lakes, rivers, and oceans.