Job 36:27
When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
In Context
26Lo, God [is] high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there [is] no searching.
28Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly.
Cross References
Genesis 2:5and no shrub of the field is yet in the earth, and no herb of the field yet sprouteth, for Jehovah God hath not rained upon the earth, and a man there is not 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 36:33He sheweth by it [to] his friend substance, Anger against perversity.
Job 38:34Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?
Psalms 147:8Who is covering the heavens with clouds, Who is preparing for the earth rain, Who is causing grass to spring up [on] mountains,
Proverbs 3:20By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do 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 →