Job 36:27
He carries away the drops of rain, and he sends forth showers like a raging whirlpool;
Catholic Public Domain 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, defeating our knowledge; the number of his years is inestimable.
28they flow from the clouds that are woven above everything.
Cross References
Genesis 2:5and every sapling of the field, before it would rise up in the land, and every wild plant, before it would germinate. For the Lord God had not brought rain upon the earth, and there was no man to work the land.
Job 5:10He gives rain over the face of the earth and irrigates all things with the waters.
Job 36:33He announces it to his friend, for it is his possession and he is able to reach out to it.
Job 38:34Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, so that an onslaught of waters will cover you?
Psalms 147:8He announces his word to Jacob, his justices and his judgments to Israel.
Proverbs 3:20By his wisdom, the abyss erupted and the clouds increased with 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 →