Job 36:27
For he draws up the drops of water, which distil in rain from his vapor,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
In Context
26Behold, God is great, and we do not know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.
28which the skies pour down and drop upon man abundantly.
Cross References
Genesis 2:5And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up, for LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth. And there was not a man to till the ground,
Job 5:10who gives rain upon the earth, and sends waters upon the fields,
Job 36:33The noise of it tells concerning him. The cattle also concerning [the storm] that comes up.
Job 38:34Can thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
Psalms 147:8who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow upon the mountains.
Proverbs 3:20By his knowledge the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
Matthew Henry on Job 36:25-33
24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold. 25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off. 26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out. 27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: 28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly. 29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle? 30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the… Read the whole commentary →