Job 36:27
He lifteth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods :
Douay-Rheims 1899
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, exceeding our knowledge : the number of his years is inestimable.
28Which flow from the clouds that cover all above.
Cross References
Genesis 2:5And every plant of the field before it spring up in the earth, and every herb of the ground before it grew: for the Lord God had not rained upon the earth; and there was not a man to till the earth.
Job 5:10Who giveth rain upon the face of the earth, and watereth all things with waters:
Job 36:33He sheweth his friend concerning it, that it is his possession, and that he may come up to it.
Job 38:34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee?
Psalms 147:8the Lord enlighteneth the blind. The Lord lifteth up them that are cast down: the Lord loveth the just.
Proverbs 3:20By his wisdom the depths have broken out, and the clouds grow thick 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 →