Job 36:27
For he taketh away drops of water, which are purified into rain in his mist:
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
In Context
28These drop down out of the skies; they distil upon the multitude of men.
Cross References
Genesis 2:5And every plant of the field was not yet on the earth, and every herb of the field had not yet grown; for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and man was not yet there to till the ground.
Job 5:10Who giveth rain upon the surface of the earth, and sendeth out waters over the face of the fields;
Job 36:33The noise of his storm telleth of it, yea, the cattle also, of the rising tempest.
Job 38:34Canst thou lift up to the clouds thy voice, that the abundance of waters may cover thee?
Psalms 147:8Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who causeth grass to grow upon the mountains;
Proverbs 3:20By his knowledge were the depths split open, 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 →