Job 36:28
These drop down out of the skies; they distil upon the multitude of men.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
In Context
27For he taketh away drops of water, which are purified into rain in his mist:
29But [what man] can understand the outspreadings of the clouds? the tumult of his tabernacle?
Cross References
Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on this same day, were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
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 →