Job 36:27

And the drops of rain are numbered by him, and shall be poured out in rain to form a cloud.

LXX2012 (US English)

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, the Mighty One is great, and we shall not know him: the number of his years is even infinite.

28The ancient heavens shall flow, and the clouds overshadow innumerable mortals: he has fixed a time to cattle, and they know the order of rest. Yet by all these things your understanding is not astonished, neither is your mind disturbed in your body.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:5and every herb of the field before it was on the earth, and all the grass of the field before it sprang up, for God had not rained on the earth, and there was not a man to cultivate it.

Job 5:10who gives rain upon the earth, sending water on the earth:

Job 36:33The Lord will declare concerning this to his friend: but there is a portion also for unrighteousness.

Job 38:34And will you call a cloud with your voice, and will it obey you with a violent shower of much rain?

Psalms 147:8He sends his word to Jacob, his ordinances and judgments to Israel. 1

Proverbs 3:20By understanding were the depths broken up, and the clouds dropped water.

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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