John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 38:29
Out of whose womb came the ice ?.... 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, Psalm 147:17 . Here the Lord is represented as a mother, and so he is by Orpheus F2 Apud Clement. Stromat. l. 5. p. 608. 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 . read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 38:25-41
Hitherto God had put such questions to Job as were proper to convince him of his ignorance and short-sightedness. Now he comes, in the same manner, to show his impotency and weakness. As it is but little that he knows, and therefore he ought not to arraign the divine counsels, so it is but little that he can do, and therefore he ought not to oppose the proceedings of Providence. Let him consider what great things God does, and try whether he can do the like, or whether he thinks himself an... read more