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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.