Job 29:16

29:16 I was a father to the needy,

and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;

Job 38:28

38:28 Does the rain have a father,

or who has fathered the drops of the dew?


sn The word “father” does not have a wide range of meanings in the OT. But there are places that it is metaphorical, especially in a legal setting like this where the poor need aid.