Job 36:27
For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain from His vapour;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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, beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
28Which the skies pour down and drop upon the multitudes of men.
Cross References
Genesis 2:5No shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground;
Job 5:10Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields;
Job 36:33The noise thereof telleth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the storm that cometh up.
Job 38:34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
Psalms 147:8Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh the mountains to spring with grass.
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 →