Job 36:27

When He diminishes droppings of the waters, || They refine rain according to its vapor,

Literal Standard Version

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] high, || And we do not know the number of His years, || Indeed, there [is] no searching.

28Which clouds drop, || They distill on man abundantly.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:5and no shrub of the field is yet in the earth, and no herb of the field yet sprouts, for YHWH God has not rained on the earth, and there is not a man to serve the ground,

Job 5:10Who is giving rain on the face of the land, || And is sending waters on the out-places.

Job 36:33His shout shows it, || The livestock also, the rising [storm].”

Job 38:34Do you lift up your voice to the cloud, || And abundance of water covers you?

Psalms 147:8Who is covering the heavens with clouds, || Who is preparing rain for the earth, || Who is causing grass to spring up [on] mountains,

Proverbs 3:20By His knowledge depths have been broken, || And clouds drop 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 →

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