Job 36:27
For he draweth up the drops of water: they distil in rain from the vapour which he formeth,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
In Context
26Lo, God is great, and we comprehend [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
28Which the skies pour down [and] drop upon man abundantly.
Cross References
Genesis 2:5and every shrub of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew; for Jehovah Elohim had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground.
Job 5:10Who giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields;
Job 36:33His thundering declareth concerning him; the cattle even, concerning its coming.
Job 38:34Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee?
Psalms 147:8Who covereth the heavens with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains;
Proverbs 3:20By his knowledge the deeps 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 →